The effect of dietary conjugated @entity4722 (CLA) isomers mixture on antibody titres against @entity742 blood erythrocytes (SRBC) and immunoglobulin (Ig) G concentration in plasma was studied in broiler @entity1573 . In experiment 1, male and female broiler chicks (11 d of age, Cobb strain) were fed a diet supplemented with 10 g CLA or 10 g safflower-seed oil/kg diet for 2 weeks. An SRBC suspension (5:100, v/v) in a @entity1391 buffer was intravenously injected at 18 d of age and a blood sample was taken from the wing vein at 25 d of age. Chicks fed the CLA-supplemented diet had enhanced first antibody titres in plasma to SRBC as compared with those fed the safflower-seed oil-supplemented diet, irrespective of sex differences. In experiment 2, male broiler chicks (8 d of age, @entity6475 ) were fed a basal diet or a diet containing 10 g CLA/kg diet for 3 weeks. CLA in the CLA diet partially replaced the soyabean oil in the basal diet. The SRBC suspension was intravenously injected at 15 and 25 d of age and a blood sample was obtained at 21 and 29 d of age. The first antibody titres against SRBC were higher in chicks fed the CLA diet than those in chicks fed the basal diet, but the second titres were not. Plasma IgG concentrations in chicks fed the CLA diet were higher than those in chicks fed the basal diet on both sampling days. The results showed that dietary CLA enhanced antibody production in broiler @entity1573 .

Effect of a mixture of conjugated XXXX isomers on growth performance and antibody production in broiler chicks.

@entity742 :: ('9940', 'Species') :: ['sheep'] @entity1573 :: ('9031', 'Species') :: ['chickens'] @entity6475 :: ('MESH:D013180', 'Disease') :: ['Ross strain'] @entity1391 :: ('CHEBI:26020', 'Chemical') :: ['phosphate'] @entity4722 :: ('MESH:D019787', 'Chemical') :: ['linoleic acid']
@entity4722 :: (MESH:D019787,Chemical) :: ['linoleic acid']
