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The effect of an interferon inducer on Eimeria maxima in the chicken

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P. L. Long  and
B. S. Milne
P. L. Long*
Affiliation:
Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, England
B. S. Milne
Affiliation:
Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, England
*
*Also at Brunel University, London.
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The intraperitoneal inoculation of chickens with 100–170 mg of Statolon, an artificial interferon inducer in mammals, induced the production of a virus interference factor in the serum. Chickens, 3 and 5 weeks old given 40–170 mg Statolon i.p. produced significantly fewer oocysts after infection with E. maxima than untreated chickens.

Only three serum samples (from a large number examined) taken from chickens 1, 4 or 6 days after E. tenella infection or 6 h and 6 days after E. maxima infection showed slight but significant antiviral effects.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , April 1971 , pp. 295 - 302
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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