Code
01Z00108
Duration
01 October 2008 → 30 September 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary conservation medicine, preventive medicine and hygiene
- Veterinary microbiology
- Veterinary public health and food safety
Keywords
salmonella
oviduct
eggs
Project description
Salmonella Enteritidis is very efficient in contamination of eggs, and this has led to a worldwide pandemic in humans. The exact mechanisms of egg contamination by Salmonella are still unclear. Therefore the projectwill identify, using molecular methods, genes that are specifically involved in oviduct colonization and resistance to egg albumen.