In ovo CpG DNA delivery increases innate and adaptive immune cells in respiratory, gastrointestinal and immune systems post-hatch correlating with lower infectious laryngotracheitis virus infection

• Mohamed Sarjoon Abdul-Cader,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Health Research Innovation Center, Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Aruna Amarasinghe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Health Research Innovation Center, Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Victor Palomino-Tapia,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Health Research Innovation Center, Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Hanaa Ahmed-Hassan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations Health Research Innovation Center, Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Zoonoses Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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• Khawaja Bakhtawar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Health Research Innovation Center, Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Eva Nagy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Shayan Sharif,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Susantha Gomis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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• Mohamed Faizal Abdul-Careem

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: faizal.abdulcareem@ucalgary.ca

  Affiliation Health Research Innovation Center, Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9974-7600

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