Poultry Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) (External organisation)

  • Anthony Leslie Keyburn (Inventor)
  • Robert Moore (Inventor)
  • Julian Rood (Inventor)

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Description

Clostridial toxin NetB

Abstract
The present invention relates to a polypeptide based toxin that originates from . The invention further relates to immunogenic compositions comprising the toxin and methods to vaccinate animals, for example chickens, such that they are less susceptible to clostridial diseases. Methods to determine whether an animal has been exposed to the toxin, polynucleotides encoding the toxin and attenuated bacteria that express a reduced or less active form of the toxin are also disclosed.
Period8 Jun 2007
Held atPoultry Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), Australia, New South Wales
Degree of RecognitionInternational