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ArticlePoultry science2020

Effect of essential oils on the immune response to some viral vaccines in broiler chickens, with special reference to Newcastle disease virus.

Nahed A El-Shall, Ramadan S Shewita, Mohamed E Abd El-Hack, Abdullah AlKahtane, Saud Alarifi, Saad Alkahtani, Mohamed M Abdel-Daim, Mahmoud E Sedeik

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Article in Poultry science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nahed A El-ShallDepartment of Poultry and Fish diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Edfina, Elbehira 22758, Egypt. Electronic address: nahed.abdelgawad@alexu.edu.eg.
Ramadan S ShewitaDepartment of Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Elbehira 22758, Egypt.
Mohamed E Abd El-HackDepartment of Poultry, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt. Electronic address: dr.mohamed.e.abdalhaq@gmail.com.
Abdullah AlKahtaneDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Saud AlarifiDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Saad AlkahtaniDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed M Abdel-DaimDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt.
Mahmoud E SedeikDepartment of Poultry and Fish diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Edfina, Elbehira 22758, Egypt.
King Saud University · SAAlexandria University · EGZagazig University · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This trial assessed the efficacy of a commercial essential oil (EO) product on the immune response to vaccination against Newcastle disease (ND) and subsequent challenge with virulent ND virus genotype VII (vNDv genotype VII) by using the following experimental groups of broiler chickens (Each group had 21 birds with 3 replicates in each, n = 7): NC (negative control), PC (positive control), VC (vaccinated), and VTC (vaccinated and treated with EOs). Moreover, in a trial to study the effect of EOs on vNDv genotype VII in vivo as a preventive or therapeutic measure, 2 additional ND-vaccinated groups were used (PRV: medicated 1 D before vNDv challenge for 5 D; and TTT: medicated 2 D after vNDv challenge for 5 D). In addition, the immune-modulatory effect of EOs on the avian influenza (AI), infectious bronchitis (IB), and infectious bursal disease (IBD) vaccines was assessed through the serological response. The use of EOs along with administration of ND vaccines (VTC) revealed a lower mortality rate (42.86%), clinical signs, and postmortem lesion score (11) than ND vaccines alone (VC) (52.28% mortality and score 15), in addition to lower hemagglutination inhibition (P < 0.05) (6.5 ± 0.46) and viral shedding (10 log 2.28 ± 0.24) titres 1 wk after challenge in comparison with VC (8.63 ± 0.65 and 10 log 3.29 ± 0.72, respectively). Nevertheless, the EOs mixture (VTC) (1952 ± 28.82) did not significantly (P > 0.05) improve growth performance compared with the nontreated birds (NC and VC) (1970 ± 19.56 and 1904 ± 38.66). EOs showed an antiviral effect on vNDv in vivo (in chickens) as a preventive measure (PRV) as well as some therapeutic effect (TTT) through decreasing the viral shedding titres (loNC

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ChickensImmunity, HumoralAnimalsNewcastle DiseaseNewcastle disease virusOils, VolatilePoultry DiseasesViral VaccinesOils, VolatileViral Vaccinesavian influenzaessential oilsimmune responseinfectious bronchitisNewcastle

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