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Shaji S, Selvaraj RK, Shanmugasundaram R. Salmonella Infection in Poultry: A Review on the Pathogen and Control Strategies. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2814. [PMID: 38004824 PMCID: PMC10672927 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11112814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Salmonella is the leading cause of food-borne zoonotic disease worldwide. Non-typhoidal Salmonella serotypes are the primary etiological agents associated with salmonellosis in poultry. Contaminated poultry eggs and meat products are the major sources of human Salmonella infection. Horizontal and vertical transmission are the primary routes of infection in chickens. The principal virulence genes linked to Salmonella pathogenesis in poultry are located in Salmonella pathogenicity islands 1 and 2 (SPI-1 and SPI-2). Cell-mediated and humoral immune responses are involved in the defense against Salmonella invasion in poultry. Vaccination of chickens and supplementation of feed additives like prebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics, synbiotics, and bacteriophages are currently being used to mitigate the Salmonella load in poultry. Despite the existence of various control measures, there is still a need for a broad, safe, and well-defined strategy that can confer long-term protection from Salmonella in poultry flocks. This review examines the current knowledge on the etiology, transmission, cell wall structure, nomenclature, pathogenesis, immune response, and efficacy of preventative approaches to Salmonella.
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- Syamily Shaji
- Department of Poultry Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; (S.S.); (R.K.S.)
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- Department of Poultry Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; (S.S.); (R.K.S.)
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- Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, US National Poultry Research Center, Athens, GA 30605, USA
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Acevedo-Villanueva KY, Akerele GO, Al Hakeem WG, Renu S, Shanmugasundaram R, Selvaraj RK. A Novel Approach against Salmonella: A Review of Polymeric Nanoparticle Vaccines for Broilers and Layers. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:vaccines9091041. [PMID: 34579278 PMCID: PMC8470574 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9091041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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This work discusses the present-day limitations of current commercial Salmonella vaccines for broilers and layers and explores a novel approach towards poultry vaccination using biodegradable nanoparticle vaccines against Salmonella. With the increasing global population and poultry production and consumption, Salmonella is a potential health risk for humans. The oral administration of killed or inactivated vaccines would provide a better alternative to the currently commercially available Salmonella vaccines for poultry. However, there are currently no commercial oral killed-vaccines against Salmonella for use in broilers or layers. There is a need for novel and effective interventions in the poultry industry. Polymeric nanoparticles could give way to an effective mass-administered mucosal vaccination method for Salmonella. The scope of this work is limited to polymeric nanoparticles against Salmonella for use in broilers and layers. This review is based on the information available at the time of the investigation.
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- Keila Y. Acevedo-Villanueva
- Department of Poultry Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; (K.Y.A.-V.); (G.O.A.); (W.G.A.H.)
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- Department of Poultry Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; (K.Y.A.-V.); (G.O.A.); (W.G.A.H.)
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- Department of Poultry Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; (K.Y.A.-V.); (G.O.A.); (W.G.A.H.)
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- Upkara Inc., 45145 W 12 Mile Rd, Novi, MI 48377, USA;
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- Department of Poultry Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; (K.Y.A.-V.); (G.O.A.); (W.G.A.H.)
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Marín-Gómez SY, Martins NRS, Fernando FS, Coelho HLG, Freitas Neto OC. Effect of Infectious Bursal Disease (Ibd) Vaccines on Infection of Salmonella Heidelberg in Broiler Chickens. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF POULTRY SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1590/1806-9061-2019-1181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Arafat N, Eladl AH, Mahgoub H, El-Shafei RA. Effect of infectious bursal disease (IBD) vaccine on Salmonella Enteritidis infected chickens. Vaccine 2017; 35:3682-3689. [PMID: 28495316 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.04.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2017] [Revised: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chickens infected with both infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) and Salmonella had higher mortality. In this work, we investigated the effect of IBDV vaccine (modified live-virus bursal disease vaccine, Nobilis strain 228E®) on experimentally infected chickens with Salmonella Enteritidis (SE). METHODS Four experimental groups were included in this study, negative control group, 228E®group, 228E®+SE infected group, and SE infected group. Chickens were ocularly administrated 228E® at 12days of age and orally infected with S. Enteritidis at 13days of age. Sera, intestinal fluid, blood, cloacal swabs and tissue samples were collected at 1, 2 and 3weeks post vaccination (PV). RESULTS The recorded mortalities were higher in the 228E®+SE infected group, compared to the SE infected group. The anti-S. Enteritidis serum antibody titer and the intestinal mucosal IgA level were higher in the SE infected group at 2 and 3weeks PV, compared to 228E®+SE infected group. S. Enteritidis fecal shedding and organ colonization were significantly higher in the 228E®+SE infected group than the SE infected group at 2 and 3weeks PV. The 228E®+SE group had significantly lower bursa to body weight ratios at 2 and 3weeks PV, as well as had higher bursal lesion scores than the SE infected group. IBDV vaccine depressed the specific-SE systemic and mucosal antibody responses, but did not affect the specific-SE cellular immune responses. CONCLUSION Chickens administrated IBDV vaccine, followed by S. Enteritidis infection, could cause a significant effect on the bursa of Fabricius, resulting in failure of systemic and mucosal antibody responses to the S. Enteritidis and reduce the elimination and the clearance of S. Enteritidis.
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- Nagah Arafat
- Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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Wigley P. Salmonella enterica in the Chicken: How it has Helped Our Understanding of Immunology in a Non-Biomedical Model Species. Front Immunol 2014; 5:482. [PMID: 25346731 PMCID: PMC4193332 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Salmonella infection of the chicken is important both as a source of foodborne human salmonellosis and as a source of disease in the chicken itself. Vaccination and other control strategies require an understanding of the immune response and as such have been important in understanding both mucosal immunity and more generally the response to bacterial infection. In this review, we discuss the contribution the study of avian salmonellosis has made to understanding innate immunity including the function of phagocytic cells, pattern recognition receptors, and defensins. The mucosal response to Salmonella infection and its regulation and the contribution this makes in protection against infection and persistence within the gut and future directions in better understanding the role of TH17 and Tregs in this response. Finally, we discuss the role of the immune system and its modulation in persistent infection and infection of the reproductive tract. We also outline key areas of research required to fully understand the interaction between the chicken immune system and Salmonella and how infection is maintained in the absence of substantive gastrointestinal disease.
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- Paul Wigley
- Department of Infection Biology, School of Veterinary Science and Institute for Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Beal RK, Smith AL. Antibody response toSalmonella: its induction and role in protection against avian enteric salmonellosis. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2014; 5:873-81. [PMID: 17914920 DOI: 10.1586/14787210.5.5.873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Human enteritis resulting from the consumption of poultry products contaminated with serovars of Salmonella enterica remains a major public-health concern. Reducing food contamination by preventing or controlling infection in the chicken during rearing is an attractive solution. An accurate understanding of the mechanisms of immunity to Salmonella infection in the chicken will help to focus the development of vaccines for birds and prevent contaminated products from entering the human food chain. Infection is primarily restricted to the intestinal lumen when chickens are infected with S. enterica serovars Typhimurium or Enteritidis, where they persist for many weeks. High titers of Salmonella-specific antibodies are observed following infection and demonstrate a high degree of cross-reactivity against other serovars. However, depletion of B cells and, therefore, removal of the capacity for antibody production in the chicken does not exacerbate the infection following either primary or secondary challenge.
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- Richard K Beal
- Institute for Animal Health, Enteric Immunology Group, Division of Immunology, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 7NN, UK.
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Wigley P. Immunity to bacterial infection in the chicken. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 41:413-417. [PMID: 23648643 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Bacterial infections remain important to the poultry industry both in terms of animal and public health, the latter due to the importance of poultry as a source of foodborne bacterial zoonoses such as Salmonella and Campylobacter. As such, much focus of research to the immune response to bacterial infection has been to Salmonella. In this review we will focus on how research on avian salmonellosis has developed our understanding of immunity to bacteria in the chicken from understanding the role of TLRs in recognition of bacterial pathogens, through the role of heterophils, macrophages and γδ lymphocytes in innate immunity and activation of adaptive responses to the role of cellular and humoral immunity in immune clearance and protection. What is known of the immune response to other bacterial infections and in particular infections that have emerged recently as major problems in poultry production including Campylobacter jejuni, Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli, Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale and Clostridium perfringens are discussed.
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- Paul Wigley
- Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
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Raj GD, Jones RC. Effect of T-cell suppression by cyclosporin on primary and persistent infections of infectious bronchitis virus in chickens. Avian Pathol 2012; 26:257-76. [PMID: 18483906 DOI: 10.1080/03079459708419210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Two-week-old white leghorn (WL) chickens were inoculated intra-nasally with 4.51ogio median ciliostatic doses (CD50) of IBV strain M41. Cyclosporin (CSP) (100 mg/kg body weight) was injected intra-muscularly 3 days before virus infection and every 3 days till day 15 post-infection (p.i.). Significant reduction in proliferation responses of whole blood lymphocytes to a T-cell mitogen, concanavalin A were induced, but not to a B and T-cell mitogen, pokeweed mitogen. Mortality in the IBV + CSP group was 18%, but in the IBV group it was 2%. No significant differences in the total number of virus isolations were seen between the two groups. Virus titres in trachea, lung and kidneys of the T-cell suppressed chickens were slightly higher and histopathological lesions more severe. Thus it appeared that T-cells may play a major role in limiting severity and lethality of IBV infections rather than clearing virus. To confirm this, another experiment was performed in which 2-week-old brown leghorn (BrL) chickens, relatively resistant to IBV were infected with a pool of IBV strains. Mortality was 43% in the IBV + CSP group and zero with IBV alone. Earlier reports using the same pool of IBV strains have shown a mortality of 47% in line 151 chicks, a line sensitive to IBV infection. Thus, a resistant line was induced to behave like a susceptible line by T-cell suppression. Virus titres were always 1 to 3 logs higher in the kidneys of T-cell suppressed BrL chicks. Attempts to induce re-excretion of virus by CSP treatment of WL chickens infected with the IBV strain M41 when 2 weeks old were unsuccessful, but when chicks were infected with the same strain at day-old and given CSP injections from 5 weeks p.i., virus re-excretion was primarily seen from the kidneys and not the caecal tonsil. Thus the kidney appears to be the primary site of IBV persistence. The pathogenesis of the disease in T-cell suppressed chickens is discussed.
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- G D Raj
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, L64 7TEUniversity of Liverpool, Neston, South Wirral, UK
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Withanage GSK, Mastroeni P, Brooks HJ, Maskell DJ, McConnell I. Oxidative and nitrosative responses of the chicken macrophage cell line MQ-NCSU to experimentalSalmonellainfection. Br Poult Sci 2010; 46:261-7. [PMID: 16050178 DOI: 10.1080/00071660500098608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Phagocytes limit replication or kill ingested organisms by producing toxic reactive oxygen and nitrogen species via NADPH oxidase and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). The present experiments were to investigate the production and the possible roles of superoxide, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and nitric oxide (NO) in the MQ-NCSU chicken macrophage cell line infected with Salmonella in vitro. After infection, intracellular Salmonella viable counts remained constant until 24 h post infection (PI) and started to decline from 48 h PI. Infection of cells with S. Typhimurium, S. Enteritidis and S. Gallinarum, as well as exposure to S. Enteritidis LPS induced low, but significant concentrations of superoxide 1 to 2 h PI, as determined by reduction of ferricytochrome c. There was no difference in superoxide production in infected cells and control cells after 4 h. Increased H2O2 was observed from cells infected with all the different Salmonella species between 2 and 3 h of infection. Nitrite was always greater in infected cells compared to uninfected cells at all times. However, Salmonella was not completely eliminated from the cells though these cells are capable of eliciting a noticeable oxidative burst response and great nitrosative responses, indicating that a strong oxidative burst (and other mechanism/s) is essential for the elimination of intracellular Salmonella.
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- G S K Withanage
- Centre for Veterinary Science, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England.
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Poonia B, Charan S. T-Cell suppression by cyclosporin-A enhances infectious bursal disease virus infection in experimentally infected chickens. Avian Pathol 2010; 30:311-9. [DOI: 10.1080/03079450120066313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Schou TW, Labouriau R, Permin A, Christensen JP, Sørensen P, Cu HP, Nguyen VK, Juul-Madsen HR. MHC haplotype and susceptibility to experimental infections (Salmonella Enteritidis, Pasteurella multocida or Ascaridia galli) in a commercial and an indigenous chicken breed. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2009; 135:52-63. [PMID: 19945754 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2008] [Revised: 10/26/2009] [Accepted: 10/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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In three independent experimental infection studies, the susceptibility and course of infection of three pathogens considered of importance in most poultry production systems, Ascaridia galli, Salmonella Enteritidis and Pasteurella multocida were compared in two chicken breeds, the indigenous Vietnamese Ri and the commercial Luong Phuong. Furthermore, the association of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) with disease-related parameters was evaluated, using alleles of the LEI0258 microsatellite as markers for MHC haplotypes. The Ri chickens were found to be more resistant to A. galli and S. Enteritidis than commercial Luong Phuong chickens. In contrast, the Ri chickens were more susceptible to P. multocida, although production parameters were more affected in the Luong Phuong chickens. Furthermore, it was shown that the individual variations observed in response to the infections were influenced by the MHC. Using marker alleles of the microsatellite LEI0258, which is located within the MHC region, several MHC haplotypes were identified as being associated with infection intensity of A. galli. An association of the MHC with the specific antibody response to S. Enteritidis was also found where four MHC haplotypes were shown to be associated with high specific antibody response. Finally, one MHC haplotype was identified as being associated with pathological lesions and mortality in the P. multocida experiment. Although not statistically significant, our analysis suggested that this haplotype might be associated with resistance. These results demonstrate the presence of local genetic resources in Vietnamese chickens, which could be utilized in breeding programmes aiming at improving disease resistance.
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- T W Schou
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, The Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Stigbojlen 4, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark; Department of Human Health and Safety, The DHI Group, Kogle Allé 2, 2970 Horsholm, Denmark.
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Blichers Allé 20, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, The Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Stigbojlen 4, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark; Department of Human Health and Safety, The DHI Group, Kogle Allé 2, 2970 Horsholm, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, The Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Stigbojlen 4, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Blichers Allé 20, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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- Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Veterinary Research, 86 Truong Chinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Veterinary Research, 86 Truong Chinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Department of Animal Health and Bioscience, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Blichers Allé 20, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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Revolledo L, Ferreira C, Ferreira A. Prevention of Salmonella Typhimurium colonization and organ invasion by combination treatment in broiler chicks. Poult Sci 2009; 88:734-43. [DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Review of induced molting by feed removal and contamination of eggs with Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. Vet Microbiol 2008; 131:215-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2007] [Revised: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 03/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Beal RK, Powers C, Davison TF, Barrow PA, Smith AL. Clearance of enteric Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in chickens is independent of B-cell function. Infect Immun 2006; 74:1442-4. [PMID: 16428801 PMCID: PMC1360334 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.2.1442-1444.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium colonizes the gut of chickens and is cleared from the intestine within about 3 weeks. Infection induces high levels of specific antibody, but B cells do not play an essential role in clearance of primary infection or in the enhanced clearance after secondary challenge.
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- Richard K Beal
- Division of Immunology, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Beal RK, Powers C, Wigley P, Barrow PA, Kaiser P, Smith AL. A strong antigen-specific T-cell response is associated with age and genetically dependent resistance to avian enteric salmonellosis. Infect Immun 2005; 73:7509-16. [PMID: 16239553 PMCID: PMC1273861 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.11.7509-7516.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Chicken genetics and age affect resistance to enteric infection with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and were used to identify the immune responses that may contribute to rapid clearance. When birds were infected at 40 days of age, line 6(1) chickens cleared the infection more effectively than line N chickens, whereas when birds were infected at 10 days of age, both chicken lines were highly susceptible to infection. Antibody levels, T-cell responsiveness, and cytokine mRNA levels were all elevated during infection. A negative correlation between resistance and antigen-specific antibody production was observed in older chickens. However, this finding was not replicated for age-related resistance; we found that older chickens exhibited a stronger and more rapid antibody response than younger chickens. The levels of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) mRNA were similar in the spleens and cecal tonsils of both line 6(1) and line N chickens, except for higher levels of IL-1beta in the spleens of line 6(1) chickens at 6 days postinfection. Differences in the levels of IFN-gamma and IL-1beta 1beta mRNA between the lines were more apparent in younger chickens, but while the increases were greater than those observed in the older chickens, the clearance of enteric S. enterica serovar Typhimurium was much slower. The level of antigen-specific proliferation of splenocytes was associated with increased resistance in both experimental systems, and the strongest responses were observed in older and genetically resistant chickens. The data presented here implicate T-cell responses in the clearance of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium from the intestine of infected chickens.
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- Richard K Beal
- Division of Immunology, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Schuijffel DF, van Empel PCM, Pennings AMMA, van Putten JPM, Nuijten PJM. Passive immunization of immune-suppressed animals: Chicken antibodies protect against Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale infection. Vaccine 2005; 23:3404-11. [PMID: 15837364 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.01.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2004] [Revised: 01/14/2005] [Accepted: 01/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Unravelling of the protective immunity acquired during a natural infection may contribute to vaccine development. To assess the role of antibody-mediated immunity in protection against Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale infection in chickens, a novel experimental method was applied that combined immune depletion and passive transfer of immunity within the same host. Administration of cyclophosphamide (CY) to broiler chickens successfully suppressed B lymphocyte development, and therefore humoral immunity, as confirmed by histological and serological analysis. Challenge of CY-treated birds with O. rhinotracheale revealed a significantly higher pathology score in comparison to immune-competent birds that received the same bacterial challenge. Measurement of serum immunoglobulin levels of immune-competent birds revealed a positive correlation between IgA and/or IgG production and protection against infection. Passive transfer of O. rhinotracheale-specific antiserum to the immune-suppressed birds prior to pathogen challenge significantly decreased morbidity. This protective effect was not observed after administration of control sera containing similar concentrations of immunoglobulins. Together, these results provide firm evidence that chicken humoral immunity to O. rhinotracheale is a key component in protection against infection. Our data confirm that the applied immune depletion and reconstitution approach is an attractive tool to analyse the nature of the protective immune response.
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- D F Schuijffel
- Intervet International BV, Bacteriology R&D, Wim de Körverstraat 35, Boxmeer 5830 AA, The Netherlands
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Babu U, Dalloul RA, Okamura M, Lillehoj HS, Xie H, Raybourne RB, Gaines D, Heckert RA. Salmonella enteritidis clearance and immune responses in chickens following Salmonella vaccination and challenge. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2004; 101:251-7. [PMID: 15350755 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2003] [Revised: 05/06/2004] [Accepted: 05/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Our previous work showed that the cell-mediated immunity (CMI) was enhanced by live Salmonella vaccine (LV). The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of live and killed Salmonella vaccines on Salmonella enteritidis (SE) clearance and to determine if the clearance was mediated by cell-mediated and/or humoral immunity. Chickens were first immunized at 2 weeks of age followed by a booster dose at 4 weeks, challenged with live SE 2 weeks later (6-week-old) and tested for CMI, antibody response and SE clearance 1-week post SE-challenge (7-week-old). Spleen cell proliferation induced by SE-flagella and Concanavalin A (Con A) were significantly higher and SE shedding was significantly lower in the LV group. The splenic CD3 population was significantly lower and B cells were higher in the control group compared to all the SE-challenged groups (with and without vaccination). Serum antibody to SE-flagella and envelope were significantly higher in the KV group compared to all the other groups. These results suggest that LV protects against SE infection, probably by enhancing the CMI.
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- U Babu
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration, HFS-326, 8301 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, MD 20708, USA.
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Oppliger A, Giorgi MS, Conelli A, Nembrini M, John-Alder HB. Effect of testosterone on immunocompetence, parasite load, and metabolism in the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis). CAN J ZOOL 2004. [DOI: 10.1139/z04-152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Testosterone can benefit individual fitness by increasing ornament colour, aggressiveness, and sperm quality, but it can also impose both metabolic and immunological costs. However, evidence that testosterone causes immuno suppression in freely living populations is scant. We studied the effects of testosterone on one component of the immune system (i.e., the cell-mediated response to phytohaemagglutinin), parasite load, and metabolic rate in the common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768). For analyses of immunocompetence and parasitism, male lizards were implanted at the end of the breeding season with either empty or testosterone implants and were returned to their site of capture for 5–6 weeks before recapture. For analyses of the effects of testosterone on metabolic rate, male lizards were captured and implanted before hibernation and were held in the laboratory for 1 week prior to calorimetry. Experimental treatment with testosterone decreased the cell-mediated response to the T-cell mitogen phytohemagglutinin and increased mean metabolic rate. No effects of testosterone on the number of ectoparasites, hemoparasites, and resting metabolic rate could be detected. These results are discussed in the framework of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis and the immuno-redistribution process hypothesis.
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Bautista DA, Elankumaran S, Heckert RA. Effect of a variant infectious bursal disease virus (E/Del) on Salmonella typhimurium infection in commercial broiler chickens. Avian Dis 2004; 48:361-9. [PMID: 15283423 DOI: 10.1637/7130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The effect of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) on Salmonella typhimurium (ST) infections in broilers was investigated in terms of Salmonella shedding and persistence, pathogenicity, and isotype specific humoral immune responses. Thirty-six, 1-day-old, straight-run commercial broiler chickens that were Salmonella negative by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and culture were divided into two groups of 18 chicks each (ST and ST-IBDV). One group (ST-IBDV) of chicks received the E/Del strain of IBDV (10(5.0) median tissue culture infective dose [TCID50]/ml) through the ocular and cloacal routes divided into doses of 50 microl each at 2 days of age. Both groups were then inoculated with 10(8) colony-forming units (CFU)/ml nalidixic acid-resistant ST in the drinking water at 3 days of age. Environmental Salmonella counts were higher in the ST-IBDV group at 2 and 3 wk postinfection (PI) compared to the ST group. ST carriage in the cecal contents between the ST and ST-IBDV groups was not statistically different. The ST-IBDV group had a single mortality at 10 days postinfection compared to none in the ST group. The ST-IBDV group had significantly lower bursa to body weight ratios at 4 and 6 wk, as well as higher bursal lesion scores than the ST group at 2, 4, and 6 wk PI. The ST group had significant increase in serum IgG from 2 to 6 wk PI in comparison to the ST-IBDV group, which had no significant changes over time. Both IgA and IgM were significantly increased at 4 and 6 wk relative to 2-wk levels. There was an IBDV-induced failure of anti-Salmonella IgG seroconversion over time in ST-IBDV. Both groups continued to shed high levels of Salmonella up to the end of the study despite high antibody levels in the ST group and an unimpaired IgM and IgA production in the ST-IBDV group, indicating a limited influence of humoral immunity on Salmonella clearance.
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- D A Bautista
- Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, 8075 Greenmead Drive, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-3711, USA
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Pantin-Jackwood MJ, Brown TP, Kim Y, Huff GR. Proventriculitis in broiler chickens: effects of immunosuppression. Avian Dis 2004; 48:300-16. [PMID: 15283417 DOI: 10.1637/7099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Proventriculitis in broilers causes carcass condemnation when swollen proventriculi tear during evisceration. The cause of this proventriculitis is unknown, but several infectious agents have been associated with it. One such agent, infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), has been implicated as a cause of proventriculitis, but a direct effect of this virus on the proventriculus has not been proven. The role of IBDV in proventriculitis may be indirect as a result of its ability to cause immunosuppression. The objective of this study was to understand how immunosuppression affects the incidence of proventriculitis in broiler chickens. Immunosuppression was induced in commercial and specific-pathogen-free broiler chickens using chemicals (cyclophosphamide and cyclosporin) or virus (IBDV). All groups were then exposed to a proventricular homogenate produced from diseased birds. At 7 and 14 days postinoculation, the incidence of proventriculitis in these groups was compared to that produced by homogenate exposure in immunocompetent broilers. All birds exposed to the proventricular homogenate from diseased birds developed proventriculitis. Cyclophosphamide and IBDV, both B cell suppressors, did not significantly affect the incidence or characteristics of the proventriculitis observed, although they did have an effect on the size of the proventriculus at 7 days postinoculation. Chickens immunosuppressed with cyclosporin, a T cell suppressor, developed more severe lesions and had a higher incidence of proventriculitis. These findings indicate that both B and T cells are involved in the immune response against proventriculitis, but cell-mediated immunity appears to have a more important role in controlling the disease. IBDV affects both humoral and cellular immunity in the chicken, so although under experimental conditions it didn't have a major effect on proventriculitis, it may explain why control of IBDV in the field seems to reduce the incidence of proventriculitis.
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- M J Pantin-Jackwood
- Department of Avian Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Okamura M, Lillehoj HS, Raybourne RB, Babu U, Heckert R. Antigen-specific lymphocyte proliferation and interleukin production in chickens immunized with killed Salmonella enteritidis vaccine or experimental subunit vaccines. Avian Dis 2004; 47:1331-8. [PMID: 14708979 DOI: 10.1637/6096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Lymphocyte proliferation and interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-6 levels in serum were measured as indicators of cell-mediated immunity after immunization of chickens with a commercial killed Salmonella enteritidis (SE) vaccine or experimental subunit vaccines of crude protein (CP) extract or the outer membrane protein (OMP). Significantly increased proliferative responses to SE flagella, but not lipopolysaccharide, porin, CP, or OMP, were observed at 1 wk postimmunizarion in the three vaccination groups. The responses to flagella were specific because flagella-induced proliferation was not seen in chickens immunized with adjuvant alone. Of the three immunization protocols, use of the killed SE vaccine appeared most effective because it induced higher flagella-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation at 1 and 2 wk postvaccination compared with the CP- and OMP-vaccinated groups. Significantly increased IL-2 and IL-6 levels in serum were seen at 1 wk postimmunization in the three vaccination groups compared with adjuvant alone, but there were no differences between the killed vaccine and the subunit vaccines at this time, and the levels of both lymphokines returned to baseline at 2 wk postimmunization. We conclude that cell-mediated immunity to SE after vaccination with the killed bacterial vaccine or subunit vaccines is transient and mainly limited to flagella.
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- M Okamura
- Parasite Biology, Epidemiology, and Systematics Laboratory, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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Berthelot-Hérault F, Mompart F, Zygmunt MS, Dubray G, Duchet-Suchaux M. Antibody responses in the serum and gut of chicken lines differing in cecal carriage of Salmonella enteritidis. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2003; 96:43-52. [PMID: 14522133 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2427(03)00155-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Salmonella frequently causes human foodborne infections. Contaminated products from poultry infected with Salmonella enteritidis are mainly involved. This serovar is able to colonize the gastrointestinal tract and generally produces a chronic asymptomatic carrier state in poultry, except in very young birds. We have developed a model of S. enteritidis carriage in chicks and found that four chicken lines, B13, L2, PA12 and Y11 differ in their cecal colonization by S. enteritidis, whereas their systemic organs are similarly infected. We have monitored the serum and gut antibody responses of these four lines to S. enteritidis for 9 weeks post inoculation (pi). We confirm that S. enteritidis infected the spleens of the four chicken lines similarly, and that it often colonized the ceca at levels significantly higher in B13 and L2 chicks than those of the PA12 and Y11 chicks. The serum IgM and IgG antibody responses were high and the serum IgA antibody responses low. In contrast, the intestinal secretions contained mostly IgA antibodies. The serum IgM antibody values of the four chicken lines were similar. However, the B13 and L2 chicks often had significantly higher serum IgG and IgA antibody responses than PA12 and Y11 chicks. Only the B13 and L2 chicks showed high, persistent levels of IgA antibody in intestinal secretions. These results suggest that most antibody responses are related to cecal colonization by S. enteritidis. They also indicate that factors other than the antibody levels are involved in the control of this colonization.
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- Florence Berthelot-Hérault
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, Centre de Tours, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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Sheela RR, Babu U, Mu J, Elankumaran S, Bautista DA, Raybourne RB, Heckert RA, Song W. Immune responses against Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis infection in virally immunosuppressed chickens. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 10:670-9. [PMID: 12853403 PMCID: PMC164247 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.10.4.670-679.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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To understand the role of immune mechanisms in protecting chickens from Salmonella infections, we examined the immune responses of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis-infected chickens and the effect of chicken anemia virus (CAV), a T-cell-targeted virus, on S. enterica serovar Enteritidis-induced immune responses. One-day-old chicks were orally inoculated with S. enterica serovar Enteritidis with or without intramuscular injection of CAV. The bacterial infection, pathology, and immune responses of chickens were evaluated at 14, 28, and 56 days postinoculation. The infection increased the levels of S. enterica serovar Enteritidis-specific mucosal immunoglobulin A (IgA), the number of gut-associated T cells, and the titer of serum IgG specific for S. enterica serovar Enteritidis surface antigens. CAV infection depressed these immune responses, especially the mucosal immune responses, but did not increase the number of S. enterica serovar Enteritidis-infected cells in the intestine. The severity of pathological lesions appeared to be reciprocal to the level of immune responses, but the S. enterica serovar Enteritidis infection persisted. These results suggest that oral infection of S. enterica serovar Enteritidis in chickens induces both mucosal and systemic immune responses, which have a limited effect on the S. enterica serovar Enteritidis infection under conditions designed to mimic the field situation.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Oral
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial/biosynthesis
- Antibodies, Bacterial/blood
- Chicken anemia virus/physiology
- Chickens
- Circoviridae Infections/complications
- Circoviridae Infections/immunology
- Circoviridae Infections/veterinary
- Disease Susceptibility
- Immunity, Mucosal
- Immunocompromised Host
- Immunoglobulin A, Secretory/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin A, Secretory/immunology
- Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin G/blood
- Immunoglobulin G/immunology
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/complications
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/immunology
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/veterinary
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/virology
- Injections, Intramuscular
- Intestines/microbiology
- Poultry Diseases/immunology
- Poultry Diseases/prevention & control
- Salmonella Infections, Animal/complications
- Salmonella Infections, Animal/immunology
- Salmonella Infections, Animal/prevention & control
- Salmonella enteritidis/immunology
- Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms
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- Ruby R Sheela
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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Asheg A, Levkut M, Revajová V, Sevcíková Z, Kolodzieyski L, Pistl J. T lymphocyte subpopulations and B lymphocyte cells in caecum and spleen of chicks infected with Salmonella enteritidis. Acta Histochem 2003; 104:435-9. [PMID: 12553717 DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The effect of low and high doses of Salmonella enteritidis PT4 (SE) on immunocompetent cells in caecum and spleen of one-day-old chicks was investigated. Subsets of T lymphocytes positive for CD3, CD4, CD8 and B lymphocytes (Bu1b-positive cells) were counted in the caecum after immunohistochemical staining and the relative percentage of these cells in the spleen was analysed using a FACScan cytometer on days 7, 10, 14, 21, and 27 post-inoculation (pi). In the low dose group, the number of CD3+ and CD4+ cells in the caecum had significantly increased at day 10 pi. Both CD8+ and Bu1b+ cells were significantly higher on day 14 pi in this group. In the high-dose group, the number of CD4+ cells had significantly increased at day 7 pi. CD3+, CD8+, and Bu1b+ cells showed prolonged proliferation at days 7 up to 21 pi. Splenic lymphocytes demonstrated significant changes only in the high dose group. The percentage of splenic CD4+ cells was decreased at day 7 pi. A decrease in CD3+ and CD8+ cells was found at day 14 pi in this group.
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- Abdulatif Asheg
- Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
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Hanssen SA, Folstad I, Erikstad KE, Oksanen A. Costs of parasites in common eiders: effects of antiparasite treatment. OIKOS 2003. [DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12162.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Boothe DDH, Arnold JW. Nutrient substrates used by bacterial isolates from the poultry processing environment. Poult Sci 2002; 81:1392-405. [PMID: 12269622 DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.9.1392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In order to successfully prevent pathogens found in biofilms in poultry processing facilities from contaminating products, knowledge of the sources and properties of the bacteria from these environments is needed. Bacteria were isolated from fresh cut-up meat samples (breast with or without skin, wings, and thighs) that were not stored or were stored at 4 or 13 C (temperatures relevant to poultry processing facilities). Profiles of the nutrient substrates used by individual bacterial species were determined using Biolog microtiter plates with different substrates in 95 wells of each plate. Pure cultures of bacterial isolates were inoculated onto gram-positive (GP) or gram-negative (GN) Biolog plates, and transformation of specific substrates was determined by reduction (indicated by a purple color) of the tetrazolium violet included in each well. Of the 62 substrates common to GP and GN microtiter plates, one-third were used by 50% or more of all bacterial isolates. Similarly, approximately one-third of the substrates were used by gram-negative bacteria but not by gram-positive bacteria. One-fourth of the substrates were also only used by a single isolate in the respective gram-type category. For the remaining 33 substrates on each of the GP and GN plates, a higher percentage of substrates on GN than on GP plates were used by the respective isolates. These substrate utilization profiles of bacteria isolated from the poultry processing environment are a useful reference for selecting nutrients for the growth or control of these bacteria, especially pathogens.
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- D D Hale Boothe
- USDA, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, Athens, Georgia 30604, USA
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Kaiser MG, Lakshmanan N, Wing T, Lamont SJ. Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis burden in broiler breeder chicks genetically associated with vaccine antibody response. Avian Dis 2002; 46:25-31. [PMID: 11922346 DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2002)046[0025:sesebi]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The relationship between antibody response to Salmonella enteritidis vaccine and internal organ burden of S. enteritidis is not fully understood. The genetic relationship, therefore, between postchallenge S. enteritidis burden and antibody response to S. enteritidis vaccine was determined in broiler breeder chicks. Sibling chicks from a broiler breeder male line were either inoculated with a pathogenic S. enteritidis or vaccinated with a commercial S. enteritidis vaccine. Spleen, liver, cecal wall, and cecal content samples from S. enteritidis-challenged chicks (n = 120) were cultured for enumeration of bacteria. Unchallenged chicks (n = 314) were vaccinated at 11 days of age, and serum samples were taken at 10 days postvaccination. Antibody response to vaccination and number of S. enteritidis in cecal content cultures were negatively correlated (-0.772), demonstrating that genetic potential for greater antibody response to S. enteritidis vaccine is associated with lesser S. enteritidis bacterial burden in cecal content of broiler breeder chicks. The findings suggest that genetic selection for vaccine antibody responsiveness can lower bacterial burden in the gut lumenal content and, thus, potentially reduce contamination of poultry products at processing.
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- M G Kaiser
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames 50011-3150, USA
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Kramer J, Visscher AH, Wagenaar JA, Boonstra-Blom AG, Jeurissen SH. Characterization of the innate and adaptive immunity to Salmonella enteritidis PT1 infection in four broiler lines. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2001; 79:219-33. [PMID: 11389957 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2427(01)00261-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Four broiler lines were inoculated orally with Salmonella enteritidis phage type 1 at the age of 7 days (experiment A: lines 1 and 2) and at the age of 1 day (experiment B: lines 3 and 4). At various days post-infection chickens were sacrificed and the number of Salmonella in the caeca, liver, and spleen were determined. Furthermore, phagocytic activity, cellular immune responses, and humoral responses were determined using, respectively, single-cell suspensions of spleen or intestine and serum. In both experiments, similar trends were seen. Increased numbers of S. enteritidis were found in the caeca of lines 1 and 3, whereas at the same time a decreased colonization was found in the spleen and in the liver, as compared to lines 2 and 4. In the latter two lines, the phagocytic activity of the phagocytes was higher and the humoral responses were lower. Observations from this study suggest that lower activity of phagocytes and higher humoral activity prevent systemic S. enteritidis infection.
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- J Kramer
- Department of Genetics and Reproduction, Institute for Animal Science and Health (ID-Lelystad), PO Box 65, 8200 AB, Lelystad, The Netherlands.
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Sasai K, Aita M, Lillehoj HS, Miyamoto T, Fukata T, Baba E. Dynamics of lymphocyte subpopulation changes in the cecal tonsils of chickens infected with Salmonella enteritidis. Vet Microbiol 2000; 74:345-51. [PMID: 10831856 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1135(00)00193-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Salmonella enteritidis (SE)-induced changes in various T and B lymphocyte subpopulations in the cecal tonsils of chickens were analyzed using flow cytometry. At 1 day post-SE inoculation, the percentages of CD3(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes were significantly decreased in the group inoculated with 1x10(9) SE colony-forming units (CFU) (SE high) and in the group inoculated with 1x10(6) SE CFU (SE low) compared with the uninfected control group. The percentage of CD4(+) T lymphocytes was significantly increased in the SE high group compared to the uninfected and the SE low groups at 4 days after SE inoculation. The percentage of IgG(+) B lymphocytes was also significantly increased in both SE high and low groups compared to the uninfected control at 6 days post-SE inoculation. In contrast, the SE low group showed significantly fewer IgM(+) B lymphocytes compared to the uninfected and SE high groups. These results show that SE infection induces significant changes in the cecal tonsil lymphocytes subpopulations shortly following SE inoculation.
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- K Sasai
- Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, 599-8531, Osaka, Japan.
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Lillehoj EP, Yun CH, Lillehoj HS. Vaccines against the avian enteropathogens Eimeria, Cryptosporidium and Salmonella. Anim Health Res Rev 2000; 1:47-65. [PMID: 11706844 DOI: 10.1017/s1466252300000050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The worldwide poultry industry provides a substantial proportion of the nutritional requirement of the human population. To keep pace with the increasing demand for the high-quality, low-cost protein source that poultry provides, intensive rearing practices have been developed within the past few decades. For example, chickens are housed routinely in crowded environments under adverse conditions, and genetic strains have been selected for rapid growth, high protein-to-fat content and superior egg-laying characteristics. A major negative consequence of these practices has been an increase in the incidence of diseases. Enteric diseases in particular have emerged as a major problem threatening the future viability of the poultry industry. A variety of methods have been used to combat avian diseases in the commercial setting, including improved farm management practices, the use of antibiotic drugs, the selection of disease-resistant strains of chickens, and the manipulation of the chicken's immune system. In the latter category, the development of vaccines against the major avian diseases has become a priority in the poultry industry. This review will highlight recent progress in vaccine development against three major avian enteric pathogens: Eimeria, Cryptosporidium and Salmonella.
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- E P Lillehoj
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201, USA
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Desmidt M, Ducatelle R, Mast J, Goddeeris BM, Kaspers B, Haesebrouck F. Role of the humoral immune system in Salmonella enteritidis phage type four infection in chickens. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1998; 63:355-67. [PMID: 9656424 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2427(98)00112-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The role of avian humoral immunity in the clearance of S. enteritidis was evaluated through bursectomy. After oral inoculation of bursectomized and sham-treated chickens with S. enteritidis, faecal excretion of S. enteritidis was examined. Organs were collected weekly until six weeks post-inoculation (pi) for bacteriological enumeration. Antibody isotypes in serum and bile were quantified by ELISA. Faecal excretion of S. enteritidis was significantly lower in controls from 13 days pi. Numbers of S. enteritidis in caeca from controls were significantly decreased from three weeks pi. Numbers of S. enteritidis were significantly decreased at two weeks pi in the spleen and the liver and at six weeks pi in the liver. Antibodies to S. enteritidis peaked at two weeks pi in controls and were absent in bursectomized chickens. These findings indicate that elimination of S. enteritidis partly depends on humoral immunity. The intestinal humoral response appeared more effective than the systemic humoral response for elimination of S. enteritidis.
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- M Desmidt
- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Gent, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Kaiser MG, Wing T, Lamont SJ. Effect of genetics, vaccine dosage, and postvaccination sampling interval on early antibody response to Salmonella enteritidis vaccine in broiler breeder chicks. Poult Sci 1998; 77:271-5. [PMID: 9495492 DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.2.271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Broiler breeder chicks of two different genetic lines were evaluated for early antibody response to Salmonella enteritidis (SE) vaccine. Antibody responses to three dosages of SE vaccine administered at 22 d of age were measured at 3, 6, and 10 d postvaccination. Within each line, antibody levels at 10 d postvaccination were significantly higher than at either 3 or 6 d postvaccination. At all vaccine dosages, there was a significant antibody-response difference between the genetic lines at 6 and 10 d postvaccination. The vaccine dosage significantly affected antibody levels in one of the two genetic lines. These results demonstrate a genetic component of early antibody response to SE vaccine in broiler breeder chicks.
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- M G Kaiser
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3150, USA
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Sasai K, Yoshimura K, Lillehoj HS, Withanage GS, Fukata T, Baba E, Arakawa A. Analysis of splenic and thymic lymphocyte subpopulations in chickens infected with Salmonella enteritidis. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1997; 59:359-67. [PMID: 9477484 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2427(97)00082-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Lymphocytes expressing CD3, CD4, CD8, pan lymphocyte, IgA, IgG and IgM cell surface antigens were assessed by in the spleen and thymus of chickens following infection with Salmonella enteritidis using flow cytometric analysis. At 6 days post primary infection and 2 days post secondary infection with S. enteritidis, the percentages of IgA+ and IgM+ lymphocytes in the spleen were significantly increased (P < 0.05). At 2 days post secondary infection with S. enteritidis, the percentage of CD4+ T lymphocyte in the spleen and CD8+ T lymphocyte percentage in the thymus were significantly increased (P < 0.05). These results indicate that S. enteritidis infection induces changes in the spleen and thymus that reflect the dynamics of the host protective immune response.
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- K Sasai
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan.
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Davies RH, Nicholas RA, McLaren IM, Corkish JD, Lanning DG, Wray C. Bacteriological and serological investigation of persistent Salmonella enteritidis infection in an integrated poultry organisation. Vet Microbiol 1997; 58:277-93. [PMID: 9453137 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1135(97)00157-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bacteriological monitoring of broiler breeder farms, the hatchery, rendering plant and animal feed mill during 1991 identified a number of potential cross-contamination hazards, such as the use of processed poultry proteins in the company feed mill and contamination of egg trolleys and trays, which may have led to widespread dissemination of Salmonella enteritidis within an integrated poultry organisation. Serological monitoring of the flocks suggested that, in most cases, substantial exposure to S. enteritidis infection occurred during the mid-rearing stage whereas routine bacteriological monitoring of poultry house litter and dust samples, and meconium samples taken in the hatchery identified infection only after the onset of the laying period. At least 10 phage types and six plasmid profile types of S. enteritidis were identified in historic submissions from the organisation including one apparently specific plasmid profile type that was distributed throughout the various parts of the company. During sampling for this investigation, most of these strains were not identified, and the number of plasmid profile types was reduced to a single common UK type.
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- R H Davies
- Bacteriology Department, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, Surrey, UK
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Affiliation(s)
- K Balakrishnan
- Biotechnology Unit, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Trivandrum, India
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