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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Poultry health"”.
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Methylsulfonylmethane and anti-IL10 antibody: Novel feed additives for supporting poultry health
… becoming challenging for producers to maintain health and productivity of poultry raised for human consumption. For that reason, there has been an increased emphasis on evaluating nutritional alternatives to address most commonly encountered health issues such as inflammation associated with …
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Functional characterization of human and chicken TLR3
… but also has implications for improving poultry health and controlling viral outbreaks. These findings serve as a basis for future studies aimed at defining how TLR3 variation contributes to disease susceptibility and innate immune regulation in birds.
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Molecular characterization of economically important poultry viruses in western Canada
… (HEV) are important enteric pathogens affecting poultry production around the world. These agents are the causative agents of Viral Arthritis (VA), White Chick Syndrome (WCS), and Hemorrhagic Enteritis (HE), respectively. In meat-type chickens, pathogenic strains of ARV can replicate in the …
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Phenotypic Analysis and Localization of Leukocytes at the Site of Intradermal Injection of Phytohemagglutinin in Chickens
… carried out in non-vaccinated chickens in the Poultry Health Laboratory; Study II in vaccinated chickens reared at the Poultry Research Farm. For both studies, the pulp of 21 GFs per chicken were injected with 10 µL of either diluent (PBS) or 300 µg/mL PHA-P (10 chickens/Study). GFs were …
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Innate Immunity in Chickens: In Vivo Responses to Different Pathogen Associated Molecular Patterns
… evaluate and dissect innate immune responses in poultry and will find direct application in the development of immunomodulatory treatments, vaccine adjuvants, and breeding/management strategies to improve poultry health.</p>
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Production of plant-expressed virus-like particle vaccines against infectious bronchitis coronavirus and vaccine efficacy in chickens
… to major worldwide economic losses to the poultry industry. In this study, virus-like particles (VLPs) were produced using Agrobacteriummediated transient protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana plants as potential vaccines against IBV. Modifying the full-length IBV Spike (S) protein …
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Production and health responses of laying hens and growing broilers to dietary omega-3 fatty acid supplementation
… properties in murine and in vitro models. Health conscious consumers have created market demand for value-added omega-3 fatty acid enriched food, as demonstrated by the fact that specialty eggs make up 26.4% of the shell egg market. This has led producers to supplement poultry diets to …