US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, ZOETIS SERVICES on Sept. 23 for "Poultry drinking water-based vaccine delivery system and method" (Maryland, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,941, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington) and ZOETIS SERVICES LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Poultry drinking water-based vaccine delivery system and method" was invented by Mark C Jenkins (Davidsonville, Md.) and Jonathan L Schaeffer (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The drinking water-based avian coccidiosis vaccine formulation and delivery system is structured to deliver a vaccine containing live Eimeria oocysts to poultry house brood chamber chicks. The vaccine is delivered to the chicks in a diluted form through the poultry house drin...