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Research Project: Non-antibiotic Strategies to Control Enteric Diseases of Poultry

Location: Animal Biosciences & Biotechnology Laboratory

Title: Submission of nucleotide sequence eimeria tenella elongation factor 1-alpha to genBank database

Author
item Lillehoj, Hyun
item Panebra, Alfredo

Submitted to: Genbank
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/3/2018
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Avian coccidiosis is caused by multiple species of the apicomplexan protozoan, Eimeria, and is one of the most economically devastating enteric diseases for the poultry industry worldwide. Host immunity to Eimeria infection, however, is relatively species-specific. The ability to immunize chickens against different species of Eimeria using a single vaccine will have a major beneficial impact on commercial poultry production. Availability of Eimeria tenella Elongation Factor 1-alpha sequence to public database would help scientific community understand molecular pathogenesis and provide further insight in future vaccine design to control Coccidiosis.