Dietary Protein Source and Litter Condition Alter Broiler Chicken Intestinal Macrophage and Mitotically Active Cell Populations.

ABSTRACT: As antibiotic-free (ABF) broiler production continues to increase, understanding the development and local immune response in the intestines of ABF broilers is essential. Mitotically active cells, the majority of which will become enterocytes, help maintain the intestinal epithelial barrier. Macrophages prevent pathogen invasion by their phagocytic activity, functioning as immune response amplifying cells to aid in the recruitment of additional immune cells, and stimulating cytokine production in other adjacent cells. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate commonly used practical production practices on intestinal cell mitotic activity and local intestinal immunological responses. A randomized complete block design experiment with a 3 × 2 factorial treatment structure was conduct

SUBMITTER: Keel AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9043855 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature