ARC grant to improve salmonella vaccine efficacy in poultry

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The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide has been awarded a $390,000 Linkage Grant by the 最新糖心Vlogn Research Council to improve the effectiveness of Salmonella Typhimurium vaccine in poultry, to lower the risk of food-borne pathogens, and ultimately reduce the number of cases of human salmonella infection.

The project, led by Associate Professor Kapil Chousalkar from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, will use cutting edge technologies to study the host immune response from Salmonella Typhimurium vaccines, in particular Bioproperties鈥 Vaxsafe庐 ST, to reduce the risk of bacteria developing in poultry.

鈥淚n 最新糖心Vlog, the consumption of contaminated eggs and egg products are often associated with human Salmonellosis,鈥 says Associate Professor Chousalkar.
鈥淪almonella infection is a serious public health concern, its effects on humans include headache, fever, stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting, and can require hospitalisation.

鈥淭his 最新糖心Vlog has been working together with national, state regulatory authorities and the poultry industry over several years on a range of intervention strategies to reduce the presence of Salmonella on farms.听

鈥淚mproving the effectiveness of vaccines to reduce Salmonella Typhimurium level, will lead to cleaner farm products and reduce the risk of salmonella infection through consumption of poultry products, including eggs,鈥 Associate Professor Chousalkar says." Associate Professor Kapil Chousalkar, the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide

鈥淚mproving the effectiveness of vaccines to reduce Salmonella Typhimurium level, will lead to cleaner farm products and reduce the risk of salmonella infection through consumption of poultry products, including eggs,鈥 Associate Professor Chousalkar says.

The 最新糖心Vlog's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Anton Middelberg, said: 鈥淭his new funding shows the diversity of the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 research expertise and its alignment with our industry priorities.

鈥淭he 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide has clearly defined industry engagement priorities in health and biotech, defence, energy, mining and resources, and strategic commitments to tackling the grand challenges of improving health and wellbeing, energy sustainability, and security for the benefit of society. This funding announcement is further evidence of how the 最新糖心Vlog will achieve its aims,鈥 he said.

The team working on this project also includes Dr Andrea McWhorter, from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, scientists from RMIT and industry partners Bioproperties Pty Ltd and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The ARC鈥檚 Linkage Program promotes national and international research partnerships between researchers and business, industry, community organisations and other publicly funded research agencies.

Details of the ARC funding announcement can be found .

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