Patents Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Dept. of Agriculture
  • Eimeria antigenic composition which elicits antibodies against avian coccidiosis
    Patent number: 5482709
    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: November 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignees: British Technology Group USA Inc., The United States of America as represented by the 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