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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2004
Applicants:
David Cavanagh, Newbury, GB;
Paul Britton, Newbury, GB;
Ian Tarpey, St. Ives, GB;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Intervet International B.V., Boxmeer, NL;
Institute for Animal Health, Berkshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/215 (2006.01); C07K 14/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a vaccine for use in the protection of poultry against infectious bronchitis comprising an attenuated infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) and a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier or diluent, characterized in that the attenuated IBV comprises a heterologous spike gene. Such a vaccine is based on IBV strain Beaudette that is able to express a spike gone derived from a different IBV strain. The vaccines provided by the present invention also allow the administration via the in ovo route.