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Aflatoxin Effect On Humoral And Mucosal Immune Responses Against Infectious Bronchitis Vaccine In Broilers, Babak Shahabi-Ghahfarokhi, Majid Gholami-Ahangaran, Mohsen Jafarian-Dehkordi
Aflatoxin Effect On Humoral And Mucosal Immune Responses Against Infectious Bronchitis Vaccine In Broilers, Babak Shahabi-Ghahfarokhi, Majid Gholami-Ahangaran, Mohsen Jafarian-Dehkordi
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
The aflatoxin effect on humoral and mucosal immunity against infectious bronchitis (IB) vaccine was studied in 225 one-day-old chicks. The chicks were divided in 3 equal groups. Treatment groups included group A: chickens fed a basal diet, and group B: chickens fed 3 ppm productive aflatoxin in a basal diet. The chickens in groups A and B were vaccinated against IB (at one and 10 days old) by H120 live attenuated vaccine. For group C, chickens did not receive aflatoxin and were not vaccinated against IB. All chickens received experimental diets from 3 to 28 days old, continuously. At 28 …