Immune response in broilers with necrotic enteritis and 'Ascaridia galkli'

Title
Immune response in broilers with necrotic enteritis and 'Ascaridia galkli'
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Ruhnke, Isabelle
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5423-9306
Email: iruhnke@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:iruhnke
Andronicos, Nicholas
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5881-2296
Email: nandroni@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nandroni
Hunt, Peter
Hine, Brad C
Sharma, Nisha
Kheravii, Sarbast K
Wu, Shubiao
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1790-6015
Email: swu3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:swu3
Swick, Robert A
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3376-1677
Email: rswick@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rswick
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australasian Veterinary Poultry Association (AVPA)
Place of publication
Gold Coast, Australia
UNE publication id
une:19937
Abstract
The Problem: Broilers suffer commonly from gastrointestinal infectious diseases, such as necrotic enteritis (NE). In free-range birds, parasitic infections are considered a re-emerging issue. In humans, helminth infections can modulate the immune system of the host, and can lead to reduced inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this study was to characterize immune responses of commercial broilers artificially infected with NE or the helminth 'Ascaridia galli' by comparing the responses to healthy control birds. How we investigated or researched the problem: Ninety-six one-day-old broiler chickens were subject of this study. After a period of 10 days, broilers were randomly assigned to one of the following treatment groups: control birds (n=32), 'A. galli' infected birds (n=32), or necrotic enteritis infected birds (NE; n=32). Immune responses of birds were monitored by evaluating changes in hematological parameters, acute phase protein products, and intraepithelial intestinal lymphocyte counts.
Link
Citation
Australasian Veterinary Poultry Association Proceedings, p. 31-31
Start page
31
End page
31

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