Abstract: The invention relates to a method of vaccinating a domesticated bird against coccidiosis comprising administering in ovo an effective immnunizing dose of live Eimeria sporozoites or merozoites, or a mixture thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the domesticated bird that is vaccinated is a chicken or turkey.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 8, 2002
Date of Patent:
March 28, 2006
Assignee:
Pfizer Incorporated
Inventors:
Nigel A. Evans, Robert Craig Findly, Frederick H. Weber
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of vaccinating a domesticated bird against coccidiosis comprising administering in ovo an effective immunizing dose of live Eimeria sporocysts or oocysts, or a mixture thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 8, 2002
Date of Patent:
September 30, 2003
Assignee:
Pfizer Incorporated
Inventors:
Nigel A. Evans, Robert Craig Findly, Frederick H. Weber
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of vaccinating a domesticated bird against coccidiosis comprising administering in ovo an effective immunizing dose of live Eimeria sporozoites or merozoites, or a mixture thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the domesticated bird that is vaccinated is a chicken or turkey.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 1997
Date of Patent:
December 31, 2002
Assignee:
Pfizer Incorporated
Inventors:
Nigel A. Evans, Robert Craig Findly, Frederick H. Weber
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of vaccinating a domesticated bird against coccidiosis comprising administering in ovo an effective immunizing dose of live Eimeria sporocysts or oocysts, or a mixture thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 1997
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2002
Assignee:
Pfizer Incorporated
Inventors:
Nigel A. Evans, Robert Craig Findly, Frederick H. Weber