Inst. of Animal Science Pharmaceutics, Gansu

Herb polysaccharides enhance coccidiosis vaccine effects

Published in Lab Law Weekly, August 19th, 2005

Herb polysaccharides enhance the immune responses of chickens infected with Eimeria tenella.

According to a study from China, "An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of polysaccharide extracts (E) of two mushrooms, Lentinus edodes (LenE) and Tremella fuciformis (TreE), and an herb, Astragalus membranaceus (AstE), on the immune responses of chickens infected with Eimeria tenella."

"A total of 180 broiler chickens were assigned to nine groups: three groups were fed with each of the extracts (LenE, TreE, and AstE), three groups were fed with the extracts and immunized with live oocyst vaccine (LenE+V,...

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