Salmonella chitosan nanoparticle vaccine administration is protective against Salmonella Enteritidis in broiler birds

• Keila Y. Acevedo-Villanueva ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Keila Y. Acevedo-Villanueva, Sankar Renu

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4164-7658

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• Sankar Renu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Keila Y. Acevedo-Villanueva, Sankar Renu

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Preventative Medicine, Center for Food Animal Health, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Revathi Shanmugasundaram,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation USDA-ARS, Toxicology and Mycotoxins Research Unit, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0546-6902

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• Gabriel O. Akerele,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Renukaradhy J. Gourapura,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Preventative Medicine, Center for Food Animal Health, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Ramesh K. Selvaraj

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

  * E-mail: selvaraj@uga.edu

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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