Immune study in chickens reveals key hurdle for Campylobacter vaccine effort
Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 09:01
in Health & Medicine
The immune response of farmed chickens does not develop fast enough to fight off Campylobacter during their short lifespan, new research has found. The findings have important implications in the challenge towards developing a poultry vaccine for the bug, which is the UK's leading cause of food poisoning.