Forty-eight one-week-old SPF chicks were divided into 4 groups, 12 in each and housed in 4 isolators. Chicks were immunized with 107EID50 dose each of inactivated rDHN3-mF, LaSota vaccine or sterile saline in 0.2 mL by the neck subcutaneous injection, and blood samples from each group were collected on 7, 14, and 21 days post-immunization for HI test. On 21 days post-immunization, all birds were infected with 105EID50 of the virulent DHN3. Trachea and cloaca swabs were collected on 3, 5, and 7 days post-challenge.
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