Code
01CD14723
Duration
01 January 2024 → 30 April 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural animal production not elsewhere classified
Keywords
broilers
Campylobacter
immunization
broiler breeders
maternal antibodies
Project description
This project investigates the role of maternal antibodies in protecting broiler chickens against
Campylobacter infections. It comprises three work packages: 1/ a cost-benefit analysis, 2/ a field study
on antibody levels in chicks and their relationship with onset of infection, and 3/ immunization of
breeders to look into the protective effect of maternal antibodies against campylobacter infection in
their progeny.