Eimeria antigenic composition which elicits antibodies against avian coccidiosis

US5482709A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• British Technology Group USA Inc. · US
• The United States of America as represented by the Dept. of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• James W. Jacobson · Austin, US
• Robert L. Strausberg · Silver Spring, US
• Susan D. Wilson · Silver Spring, US
• Sharon H. Pope · Gaithersburg, US
• Susan L. Strausberg · Silver Spring, US
• Michael D. Ruff · Bowie, US
• Patricia C. Augustine · Laurel, US
• Harry D. Danforth · Severn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 8, 1993
• Grant date: Jan 9, 1996
• Expiry date: Nov 8, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S530/822
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to novel recombinant antigenic proteins of avian coccidiosis, and fragments thereof containing antigenic determinants, and to the genes that encode the antigenic peptides. This invention also relates to vaccines made using the novel antigenic proteins of avian coccidiosis and to methods of immunizing chickens against avian coccidia.