The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of organic selenium supplementation on the immune response of broilers vaccinated against coccidiosis, Infection Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV) and Newcastle Diseases Virus (NDV). The study included three treatments (T), T1= control (inclusion of inorganic selenium in a basal diet), T2= basal diet + 0.2 ppm of organic selenium as selenomethionine an...

The purpose of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate the health status of organic broiler chickens and the contamination rate with Salmonella and Campylobacter in organic broiler production in Belgium. The broilers were screened for antibodies against routinely monitored poultry diseases at 1 day old and at slaughter. Fecal examination for the presence of worm eggs was done at slaug...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of organic selenium supplementation on the immune response of broilers vaccinated against coccidiosis, infection bursal disease virus (ibdv) and newcastle diseases virus (ndv). the study included three treatments (t), t1= control (inclusion of inorganic selenium in a basal diet), t2= basal diet + 0.2 ppm of organic selenium as selenomethionine an...

The attention of laboratory workers is drawn to the possibility of coccidiosis as a cause of death in guinea-pigs. The purchase of a number of guinea-pigs infected with this protozoon was followed by 12 deaths when these animals were injected with material for diagnostic purposes. No deaths occurred in the laboratory stock herd, as these were kept separate from the newcomers and were not infect...

Eimeria tenella, a protozoan parasite belonging to the class Sporozoa, is the etiological agent of cecal coccidiosis of chickens. This organism goes through a typical sporozoan life cycle and, with the exception ofsporulation of the oocyst, all stages occur within the host's intestinal tract. Invasion of the intestinal epithelium by sporozoites and merozoites results in considerable tissue dest...