Collaborative project: Development of innovative vaccines for poultry for simplified application (innoVAK4DART) - Subproject 1 | FISA - Forschungsinformationssystem Agrar und Ernährung

Collaborative project: Development of innovative vaccines for poultry for simplified application (innoVAK4DART) - Subproject 1

Project

Project code: 2817600512
Contract period: 01.05.2014 - 30.04.2017
Budget: 478,140 Euro
Purpose of research: Experimental development

The aim of this project is the development of new, innovative autogenous vaccines for specific vaccination of poultry flocks. By using alternative application methods, priming and booster vaccinations will be cheaper and easier to perform, thus broadening the number of species being able to be vaccinated by these new methods (e.g. broilers). This will lead directly to a reduction in antibiotic usage and therefore to a reduced selective pressure on the microflora in birds and the surrounding environment. The usage of strains of bacteria with certain resistance patterns for vaccine development will directly select against resistant field strains in flocks. The project consists of three main work packages: 1. improvement in the diagnostics of resistant strains with regard to epidemiological units, 2. development of next-generation autogenous vaccines, and 3. establishment of alternative application methods for autogenous vaccines. The unique assembly of the project partners covers all aspects of innovation, from basic research up to final application solutions for the market.

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