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The Third International Rushmore Conference on Enteric Diseases: Strategies in the Prevention of Enteric Disease and Dissemination of Food-Borne Pathogens was held at the Rushmore Plaza Hotel in Rapid City, SD, September 29 - October 1, 2005.  The conference was sponsored by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Vaccinology anchored at SDSU, and the USDA Experiment Station Regional Technical Committee NC-1007 "Enteric Diseases of Swine and Cattle: Prevention, Control and Food Safety", with financial support for the resources of those two organizations, plus the USDA, Novartis Animal Health, Larchwood, IA and Hematech Inc, Sioux Falls, SD.  The Conference included 18 invited presentations, 9 additional oral and 22 poster presentations.  The conference addressed new developments from animal model studies regarding the pathogenesis and/or carriage of enteric and food-borne pathogens, vaccine technologies and alternative strategies to prevent or lessen the effects of enteric disease on domestic animals and people.  New strategies in vaccine delivery discussed include skin patch technology (transcutaneous vaccine delivery); transgenic plant-based vaccine production and use of harmless (food grade) bacteria and transgenic delivery systems of antigens from enteric organisms.  Strategies for animal protection alternative to vaccines included passive immunotherapy, probiotics, and production and utilization of transgenically produced antibacterial proteins such as lysozyme.  Abstracts of conference presentations have been placed on the website.

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