Immunostimulating and growth-promoting effects of sugar cane extract (SCE) in chickens |
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Authors: | El-Abasy Moshira Motobu Maki Shimura Kameo Na Ki-Jeong Kang Chung-Boo Koge Kenji Onodera Takashi Hirota Yoshikazu |
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Affiliation: | Department of Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Polymorphonuclear cells of the peripheral blood in the chicken significantly increased their phagocytosis when cultured with sugar cane extract (SCE; 250-1,000 microg/ml) for 24 hr. Chickens orally administered SCE (500 mg/kg/day) for 3 or 6 consecutive days at 1 week of age showed significantly higher body weight and gain in body weight/day and a lower food conversion ratio within the growing period of 6 weeks than physiological saline-administered control chickens. Furthermore, oral administration of SCE also resulted in significantly higher immune responses against sheep red blood cells and Brucella abortus. These results suggest that SCE has immunostimulating and growth promoting effects in chickens. |
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