Research Progress on Mechanisms of Action and Application of Cytokine against Chicken Coccidiosis

Coccidiosis was the major parasitic disease in chickens and caused huge losses in poultry industry. The approach of anti-chicken coccidiosis was medication, but the resistance strains were emerged after mass and long term used medication, environmental pollution was severe, so anticoccidial vaccine became the first method for anti-chicken coccidiosis. Cytokines as immunoadjuvant could enhance specific immunity response of vaccine, and had a crucial role in parasite vaccine's research.This paper summarized the research progress on mechanisms of action and application of cytokine against chicken coccidiosis.