Abstract:
The invention relates to the production of gonadotrophins and corresponding receptors in transgenic plants. The invention provides a method to produce a gonadotrophin or its corresponding receptor in a transgenic plant with modified glycosylation machinery, in order to allow for mammalian type of glycosidic side chains of gonadotrophin and its corresponding receptor.
Abstract:
The invention relate to the field of prevention or treatment Infectious Bursal Disease virus infections. The invention provides a method for the generation of attenuated vvIBDV and vaccines based thereon through alteration of the primary sequence of an essentially untranslated region of the viral nucleic acid.
Abstract:
The invention relates to recombinant Arterivirus replicons. The invention provides the insight that an Arterivirus replicon having at least some of its original arteriviral nucleic acid encoding ORF-7 deleted, as provided herein, can still be capable of in vivo RNA replication, even when further comprising nucleic acid derived from at least one heterologous micro-organism, thereby also providing viable Arteriviruses with deletions proximal to the 3'end of the genome.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the field of diagnosis of and vaccination against Streptococcal infections and to the detection of virulence markers of Streptococci. The invention provides a method for modulating virulence of a Streptococcus comprising modifying a genomic fragment of said Streptococcus wherein said genomic fragment comprises at least a functional part of a fragment identifiable by hybridisation in Streptococcus suis to a nucleic acid or fragment thereof.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the field of encephalitis in ruminants. The invention provides a mutant of bovine herpesvirus 5 (BHV5) provided with a functional deletion in each of at least two genes related to the clinical manifestation of neurovirulence upon infection of a host with BHV5. Furthermore, the invention provides a vaccine comprising such a mutant. The invention further provides a method for distinguishing a ruminant infected with a wild-type BHV5 strain or vaccinated against BHV5 from within a population of ruminants vaccinated with a vaccine according to the invention comprising testing a ruminant for the presence or absence of an antibody directed against the glycoprotein I (gI) gene or the glycoprotein E (gE) gene or both.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis proteins, to parts of such nucleic acid sequences that encode an immunogenic fragment of such proteins, to DNA fragments, recombinant DNA molecules, live recombinant carriers and host cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences or such parts thereof. The invention also relates to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis proteins and immunogenic parts thereof encoded by such sequences. Furthermore, the present invention relates to vaccines comprising such nucleic acid sequences and parts thereof, DNA fragments, recombinant DNA molecules, live recombinant carriers and host cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences or such parts thereof, proteins or immunogenic parts thereof and antibodies against such proteins or immunogenic parts thereof. Also, the invention relates to the use of said proteins in vaccines and for the manufacture of vaccines. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of said nucleic acid sequences, proteins or antibodies for diagnostic or vaccination purposes. Also, the invention relates to methods for the preparation of such vaccines. Finally the invention relates to diagnostic kits comprising such nucleic acids, proteins or antibodies against such proteins.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method to differentiate feline infectious peritonitis viruses (FIPV) from feline enteric coronaviruses (FECV). The invention provides a method allowing for antemortem diagnosis for distinguishing a feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) infection from a feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) infection comprising detecting coronavirus in non-enteric cells in a sample obtained from a cat suspected of being infected with FIPV and/or FECV. Provided are methods for the detection of a replicating FIPV in order to distinguish a FIPV coronavirus infection from a FECV infection, including diagnostic kits and a cat or cat population diagnosed with such kits.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the field of diagnosis of and vaccination against Streptococcal infections and to the detection of virulence markers of Streptococci. The invention provides a method for modulating virulence of a Streptococcus comprising modifying a genomic fragment of said Streptococcus wherein said genomic fragment comprises at least a functional part of a fragment identifiable by hybridisation in Streptococcus suis to a nucleic acid or fragment thereof.
Abstract:
The invention relates to peptides derived from or similar to the E protein of pestiviruses for type -specific diagnosis of infection, for eliciting antibiotic activity and for transport of substances into a cell. For among others these purposes the invention provides an isolated, synthetic or recombinant protein module or functional equivalent thereof comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 75 % identical to an amino acid sequence of a peptide located from at about amino acid position 194 to 220 in a pestiviral E protein.
Abstract:
The invention provides a set of genes or gene sequences comprising at least 2 genes and the use of said set of genes or gene sequences for the determination of intestinal health, and/or disease of an animal or a human. The invention further provides methods to detect the presence or absence of an intestinal disease in an animal or a human comprising measuring, in a sample of said animal or human, expression levels of a set of genes or gene sequences according to the invention, or a gene specific fragment of said genes and comparing said expression levels with a reference value such as the expression levels of said set of genes in a sample of intestinal tissue of an healthy animal or human.