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1 December 2006 Effects of Probiotics and Maternal Vaccination on Salmonella Enteritidis Infection in Broiler Chicks
L. A F. Avila, V. P. Nascimento, C. T P. Salle, H. L S. Moraes
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Abstract

The effects of probiotics and maternal vaccination with an inactivated Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) vaccine on day-old chicks challenged with SE were evaluated. A 2 × 3 factorial arrangement was used (with or without probiotics; breeders nonvaccinated, vaccinated intramuscularly, or vaccinated intraperitoneally). Three trials were conducted in isolation cabinets and SE challenge was different between trials. The number of SE organisms per chick and the time interval between housing and introduction of seeder birds (hereafter called challenge) were 1.6 × 108 and 1 hr (Trial I), 1.8 × 106 and 12 hr (Trial II), and 1.2 × 104 and 24 hr (Trial III). SE recovery was assessed in ceca and liver at 3, 5, and 7 days postchallenge, and the number of colony-forming units (CFU) in ceca was evaluated at 5 and 7 days postchallenge. The number of SE (log CFU) in the ceca reduced 0.56 log (from 7.59 to 7.03) and 1.45 log (7.62 to 6.17) because of the treatment with probiotics in Trials II and III, respectively. The greater reduction in Trial III indicates the importance of the early use of probiotics on the prevention of SE infection. Treatment with probiotics resulted in a smaller number of SE-positive livers after 5 days postchallenge on Trial III. Although there was no significant effect of maternal vaccination on the number of SE CFU in the ceca, a significant effect of maternal vaccination on the SE CFU was observed in the liver, but not in the ceca at 5 days after challenge.

L. A F. Avila, V. P. Nascimento, C. T P. Salle, and H. L S. Moraes "Effects of Probiotics and Maternal Vaccination on Salmonella Enteritidis Infection in Broiler Chicks," Avian Diseases 50(4), 608-612, (1 December 2006). https://doi.org/10.1637/7477-112805R2.1
Received: 28 November 2005; Accepted: 1 July 2006; Published: 1 December 2006
KEYWORDS
broilers
maternal vaccination
probiotics
Salmonella enteritidis
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