Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas

Amanda Wolfenden

Billy M Hargis

Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah

Neil R Pumford

Marion Morgan

Guillermo Tellez-Isaias

Guillermo Tellez

Ross Wolfenden

Anita Menconi

Adjuvants comprising chitosan cross-linked with an aldehyde or mannosylated chitosan are provided herein. Methods of making the adjuvants and methods of combining or linking the adjuvants with antigens are also provided. The adjuvant-antigen combinations can be used in vaccine formulations and the vaccine formulations can be used in methods to vaccinate animals against the source of the antigen or to enhance the immune response in a subject.

Mucosal adjuvants and delivery systems

Methods, compositions and bacterial isolates for improving the gastrointestinal health of animals and in particular of poultry are provided herein. The methods include administering an endospore-forming bacteria to an animal. The bacteria are selected for the ability to reduce the growth and presence of bacterial pathogens, such as, and, in the gastrointestinal tract of the animal. The bacteria are also selected for the ability to improve at least one production parameter in the animal.

Methods and compositions including spore-forming bacteria for increasing the health of animals

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Pea Ridge, AR, United States of America

Amanda Wolfenden