Abstract: A cloned gene or fragment thereof encodes antigenic proteins that bind with a monoclonal or polyvalent antibody that is directed against an antigenic protein of avian coccidia.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 5, 1992
Date of Patent:
January 18, 1994
Assignees:
Enzon Corp., U.S.A. Dept. of Agriculture
Inventors:
David M. Anderson, Russell J. McCandliss, Susan L. Strausberg, Robert L. Strausberg, Michael D. Ruff, Harry D. Danforth, Patricia C. Augustine
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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 12, 1990
Date of Patent:
December 28, 1993
Assignees:
Enzon Corp., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Inventors:
James W. Jacobson, Robert L. Strausberg, Susan D. Wilson, Sharon H. Pope, Susan L. Strausberg, Michael D. Ruff, Patricia C. Augustine, Harry D. Danforth