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ArticleVeterinary medicine and science2022

Effect of prophylactic administration of vitamin C in chickens with staphylococcal septic arthritis.

Fahimeh Nematollahi, Tahoora Shomali, Bahman Abdi-Hachesoo, Abdollah Derakhshandeh, Azizollah Khodakaram-Tafti, Maryam Sadat Moezzi

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Article in Veterinary medicine and science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 1 paper.

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Fahimeh NematollahiDepartment of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Tahoora ShomaliDepartment of Basic Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-5954-7815
Bahman Abdi-HachesooDepartment of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Abdollah DerakhshandehDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Azizollah Khodakaram-TaftiDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Maryam Sadat MoezziDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Shiraz University · IR

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Abstract

backgroundSeptic arthritis (SA) due to Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of lameness in poultry with improper response to antimicrobial therapy.

objectivesThe study evaluates the effect of prophylactic administration of vitamin C on SA induced by methicillin resistant S. aureus in chickens.

methodsOne hundred and twenty chickens were randomly assigned into four groups: I. Negative control (NC), II. Positive control (PC) with SA induced at the age of 35 days by intra articular injection of S. aureus. III. Vehicle control (VC) and IV. Arthritic vitamin C-treated (VitC) group (15 g/100 L of drinking water from day 25 to the end of the experiment). Samplings were performed on day 44 (sampling 1) and day 54 (sampling 2) of age.

resultsArthritic birds showed an obvious decrease in body weight with severe clinical arthritis and lameness which were not significantly affected by vitamin C administration at both samplings. Moreover, marked increase in serum malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration of the PC group was observed in sampling 1. Administration of vitamin C successfully reduced MDA concentration at both samplings. In sampling 2, birds in the VitC group showed significantly higher total antioxidant capacity (TAC) than NC birds (p < 0.05). Interleukin-6 concentration in synovial fluid of chickens remained statistically similar among groups in both samplings, while histopathological changes were ameliorated in the VitC group in sampling 2.

conclusionsProphylactic administration of vitamin C especially for relatively longer period can ameliorate oxidative stress and histopathological changes due to staphylococcal arthritis in chickens, although it is not associated with a significant effect on clinical manifestations of the disease.

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Arthritis, InfectiousMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusAnimalsAscorbic AcidChickensStaphylococcus aureusAscorbic Acidchickenoxidative stressS. aureusseptic arthritisvitamin C

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