Growth of Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella enteritidis in egg yolks from highly immunized hens.
This experiment was conducted to ascertain whether the growth of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) or Salmonella Typhimurium (ST) would be suppressed in the presence of antibodies contained in egg yolks. Specific pathogen-free chickens (102 days of age) were subcutaneously immunized with oil-adjuvanted bacterin of SE or ST, twice within a four-week interval. During 160 to 170 days of age, eggs were collected, the yolks were removed and mixed with an equal volume of physiological buffered saline, inoculated with ten colony forming units (CFU) of SE or ST, and incubated at 37 degrees C or 20 degrees C for 23 hr. The growth of organisms in each yolk solution was examined. The egg yolk derived from non-immunized hens was examined in the same manner as the controls. There was no difference in the growth titer between the antibody-positive yolk and the negative yolk. The result suggests that the antibodies in the yolk do not influence the growth of each organism, even if the hens are highly immunized.
Takase
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The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, Kumamoto, Japan.
Nakayama
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Kawai
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Fujikawa
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D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004530:Egg Yolk / Q000382:microbiology*; D007114:Immunization; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000254:growth & development*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000254:growth & development*