• Vaccine Name: Salmonella vacT
• Target Pathogen: Salmonella spp.
• Target Disease: Salmonellosis
• Tradename: vacT
• Vaccine Ontology ID: VO_0004142
• Type: Live, attenuated vaccine
• Antigen: Salmonella vacT is made of S. Typhimurium (Methner et al., 1997).

Chicken Response

• Vaccination Protocol: A group of one-day-old SPF chicks were innoculated orally with 0.1 ml of a vacT culture such that each bird received between 6 x 10^8 and 1 x 10^9 cfu each (Methner et al., 1997).
• Challenge Protocol: The birds were challenged 24 h later orally with 0.1 ml of nalidixic acid-resistant Salmonella derivative diluted in PBS such that each bird recieved 10^4 cfu (Methner et al., 1997).
• Efficacy: A significant amount of S. Typhimurium 421 was found in the livers and the caeca of the birds days after the challenge (Methner et al., 1997).