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Effects of retinoids on immune responses in birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

Aharon Friedman  and
David Sklan
Aharon Friedman
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, Israel
David Sklan
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, Israel
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Abstract

Vitamin A is an essential nutrient that has an influence on immune responses in birds. Both low and high vitamin A intakes result in impaired immune responses. Low dietary vitamin A has been shown to cause reduced antibody production, defective T-cell responses and reduced phagocytosis, and decreased resistance to infection by bacterial and viral pathogens and protozoan enteropathogens. Enhanced immune responses can be elicited by high, but not excessive, dosages of vitamin A. Optimum immune responses in growing chicks and turkeys were obtained with vitamin A intakes that were 3–10 fold higher than NRC recommended levels.

Keywords

Chicksdomestic fowlimmune responseturkeysvitamin A
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Research Article
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 185 - 195
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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