Recently completed Project BRU015 funded by the USPOULTRY Foundation demonstrated the efficacy of both a commercial vaccine and an experimental product in suppressing intestinal colonization with Salmonella Reading in turkeys. Dr. Shawn Pearson of the USDA, ARS National Animal Disease Center in Ames, IA completed a study entitled Vaccination against Salmonella Enterica Serotype Reading: Evaluation of the Cross-Protective Salmonella BBS 866 
Vaccine and the Avipro® Megan® Egg Vaccine at Reducing Outbreak-Associated S. Reading Colonization, Dissemination and Persistence in Turkeys. Both the commercial Avipro® vaccine and USDA-ARS candidate BBS 866 were cross-protective and demonstrated potential as a pre-harvest intervention strategy.