Abstract Analysis of the genomes of two distantly related bird species, chicken and zebra
finch (divergence of about 100 million years), indicate that there are ten avian toll-like …

Heterophils play an indispensable role in the immune defense of the avian host. To
accomplish this defense, heterophils use sophisticated mechanisms to both detect and …

This study was conducted to evaluate the protective efficacy of dietary Bacillus coagulans (B.
coagulans) supplementation in birds receiving Salmonella enteritidis (SE). Two hundred …

Toll-like Receptors (TLR) are phylogenetically conserved transmembrane proteins
responsible for detection of pathogens and activation of immune responses in diverse …

Salmonellosis is a frequent disease in poultry stocks, caused by several serotypes of the
bacterial species Salmonella enterica and sometimes transmitted to humans through the …

Salmonella infection of the chicken is important both as a source of foodborne human
salmonellosis and as a source of disease in the chicken itself. Vaccination and other control …

Previously conducted studies using two chicken lines (A and B) show that line A birds have
increased resistance to a number of bacterial and protozoan challenges and that heterophils …

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary GABA supplementation on
blood biochemical parameters, the overall growth performance, and the relative mRNA …

The potential for investigating immune gene diversity has been greatly enhanced by recent
advances in sequencing power. In this study, variation at two categories of avian immune …

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) participate in detecting microbial pattern molecules for activation
of the host immune response. We investigated possible roles of TLRs in the chicken …