caa a22 4500 397569467 CHVBK 20180308164837.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199609 xx s 000 0 eng 10.3382/ps.0751092 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.3382/ps.0751092 Effect of β-Carotene, Canthaxanthin, Lutein, and Vitamin E on Neonatal Immunity of Chicks When Supplemented in the Broiler Breeder Diets [Elektronische Daten] [AKRAM-UL HAQ, CHRISTOPHER A. BAILEY, A. CHINNAH] The study was designed to assess neonatal immunity of chicks hatched from breeders fed diets supplemented with β-carotene, canthaxanthin, lutein, or vitamin E. Broiler breeder birds were fed experimental diets consisting of control, 0.04% β-carotene, 0.04% canthaxanthin, 0.04% lutein, 0.03% α-tocopherol acetate, or 0.04% β-carotene plus 0.03% α-tocopherol acetate. Three weeks after initiation of experimental feeding, birds were vaccinated against Newcastle disease virus. Chicks hatched from the eggs of these breeders were used to determine the neonatal immune responses. There were no significant differences in weight gain and antibody titers of 3-wk-old chicks. 3H-Thymidine uptake by bursal lymphocytes when stimulated with tetrahydrofuran was significantly higher for the chicks hatched from breeders fed diets supplemented with vitamin E, or vitamin E plus β-carotene, than in controls. 3H-Thymidine uptake by splenic lymphocytes when stimulated with concanavalin A and phorbol 12-myristate 13 acetate was significantly higher for the chicks hatched from breeders fed diets supplemented with vitamin E or β-carotene alone, or vitamin E plus β-carotene, than for the control chicks. Chicks hatched from hens supplemented with vitamin E had significantly higher antibody titers at 1 and 7 d of age than chicks from the control group. Vitamin E supplementation of breeder birds increased the immune response of their progeny. © 1996 Poultry Science Association, Inc. Metabolism and Nutrition nationallicence carotenoid nationallicence vitamin E nationallicence immune response nationallicence lymphocyte nationallicence chicken nationallicence HAQ AKRAM-UL Department of Poultry Science, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas 77843-2472, and aut BAILEY CHRISTOPHER A. Department of Poultry Science, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas 77843-2472, and aut CHINNAH A. Carrington Glycobiology Laboratory, 1500 Research Parkway, Suite 260, College Station, Texas 77843 aut Poultry Science Oxford University Press 75/9(1996-09), 1092-1097 0032-5791 75:9<1092 1996 75 ps https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0751092 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0751092 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- HAQ AKRAM-UL Department of Poultry Science, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas 77843-2472, and aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- BAILEY CHRISTOPHER A. Department of Poultry Science, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas 77843-2472, and aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- CHINNAH A. Carrington Glycobiology Laboratory, 1500 Research Parkway, Suite 260, College Station, Texas 77843 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Poultry Science Oxford University Press 75/9(1996-09), 1092-1097 0032-5791 75:9<1092 1996 75 ps Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford