Dietary protease can alleviate negative effects of a coccidiosis infection on production performance in broiler chickens

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 151-159

  Peek, H W ^a   van der Klis, J D ^b   Vermeulen, B ^c   Landman, W J M ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Orotech NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broiler chickens; Coccidiosis; E. maxima; E. tenella; Eimeria acervulina; Protease; Sucrase isomaltase activity

Indexed keywords

AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 62649122487     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Adams C., Vahl H.A., and Veldman A. Interaction between nutrition and Eimeria acervulina infection in broiler chickens: development of an experimental infection model. Br. J. Nutr. 75 (1996) 867-873
2. Arakawa A., Tanaka Y., Baba E., and Fuktata T. Effects of clopidol on sporulation and infectivity of Eimeria tenella oocysts. Vet. Parasitol. 38 (1991) 55-60
3. Conway D.P., Sasai K., Gaafar S.M., and Smothers C.D. Effects of different levels of oocyst inocula of different Eimeria acervulina, E. tenella and E. maxima on plasma constituents, packed cell volume, lesion scores, and performance in chickens. Avian Dis. 37 (1993) 118-123
4. Dalloul R.A., and Lillehoj H.S. Poultry coccidiosis: recent advancements in control measures and vaccine development. Exp. Rev. Vaccines 5 (2006) 143-163
5. Fernando M.A., and McCraw B.M. Mucosal morphology and cellular renewal of chickens following a single infection of Eimeria acervulina. J. Parasitol. 59 (1970) 493-501
6. Johnson J., and Reid W.M. Anticoccidial drugs: lesion scoring techniques in battery and floor-pen experiments with chickens. Exp. Parasitol. 28 (1970) 30-36
7. Joyner L.P., and Norton C.C. The anticoccidial effects of amprolium, dinitolmide and monensin against Eimeria maxima, E. brunetti and E. acervulina with particular reference to oocyst sporulation. Parasitology 75 (1977) 155-164
8. Joyner L.P. Host and site specificity. In: Long P.L. (Ed). The Biology of the Coccidia (1982), University Park Press, Baltimore 35-62
9. Jordan N., Newton J., Pearson J., and Allen A. A novel method for the visualization of the in situ mucus layer in rat and man. Clin. Sci. 95 (1988) 97-106
10. Levine N.D. Protozoan Parasites of Domestic Animals and of Man (1973), Burgess, Minneapolis
11. Lillehoj H.S., and Trout J.M. Coccidia: a review of recent advances on immunity and vaccine development. Avian Pathol. 22 (1993) 21-31
12. Lillehoj H.S., and Lillehoj E.P. Avian coccidiosis. A review of acquired intestinal immunity and vaccination strategies. Avian Dis. 44 (2000) 408-425
13. Major Jr. J.R., and Ruff M.D. Disaccharidase activity in the intestinal tissue of broilers infected with coccidia. J. Parasitol. 64 (1978) 706-711
14. Messer M., and Dahlqvist A. A one step ultramicro method for the assay of intestinal disaccharidases. Anal. Biochem. 14 (1966) 376-392
15. Peek H.W., and Landman W.J.M. Resistance to anticoccidial drugs of Dutch avian Eimeria spp. field isolates originating from 1996, 1999 and 2001. Avian Pathol. 32 (2003) 391-401
16. Peek H.W., and Landman W.J.M. Gevoeligheidsonderzoeken van Spaanse, Duitse en Nederlandse Eimeria spp. veldisolaten voor anticoccidiosemiddelen. Tijdschr. Diergeneeskd. 129 (2004) 210-214
17. Rose M.E., and Long P.L. Immunity to coccidiosis: gut permeability changes in response to sporozoite invasion. Experientia 25 (1969) 183-184
18. Ruff M.D., Anderson W.I., and Reid W.M. Effect of the anticoccidial aprinocid on production, sporulation, and infectivity of Eimeria oocysts. J. Parasitol. 64 (1978) 306-311
19. Schalm O.W., Jain N.C., and Caroll E.J. Veterinary Hematology. 3rd ed. (1975), Lea and Febriger, Philadelphia, PA
20. Semenza G. Anchoring and biosynthesis of stalked brush border membrane proteins: glycosidases and peptidases of enterocytes and renal tubuli. Annu. Rev. Cell. Biol. 2 (1986) 255-313
21. Shane S.M., Gyimah J.E., Harrington K.S., and Snider T.G. Etiology and pathogenesis of necrotic enteritis. Vet. Res. Commun. 9 (1985) 269-287
22. Shirley M.W., Ivens A., Gruber A., Madeira A.M.B.N., Wan K.L., Dear P.H., and Tomley F.M. The Eimeria genome projects: a sequence of events. Trends Parasitol. 20 (2004) 199-201
23. Smirnov A., Sklan D., and Uni Z. Mucin dynamics in the chick small intestine are altered by starvation. J. Nutr. 134 (2004) 736-742
24. Smith P.K., Krohn R.I., Hermanson G.T., Mallia A.K., Gartner F.H., Provenzano M.D., Fujimoto E.K., Goeke N.M., Olson B.J., and Klenk D.C. Measurement of protein using bicinchoninic acid. Anal. Biochem. 150 (1985) 76-85
25. SPSS®. SPSS 16.0 for Windows® (2008), SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA
26. STATA®. Stata 10.0 for Windows® (2008), StataCorp LP, College Station, TX, USA
27. STATISTIX®. Statistix 8.0 for Windows®. User's Manual Analytical Software Version 8.0 (2003), Statistix, Tallahassee, USA
28. Tyzzer E.E. Coccidiosis in gallinaceous birds. Am. J. Hyg. 10 (1929) 269-383
29. Von Löwenstein M., and Kutzer E. Zum Einfluβ der Antikokzidia Diclazuril und Maduramicin auf die Sporulationsfähigkeit von Hühnerkokzidien. Wien. Tierärztl. Monatsschr. 76 (1989) 368-370
30. Wagenbach G.E., and Burns W.C. Structure and respiration of sporulating Eimeria stiedae and E. tenella oocysts. J. Protozool. 16 (1969) 257-263
31. Williams R.B. A compartmentalised model for the estimation of the costs of coccidiosis to the world's chicken production industry. Int. J. Parasitol. 29 (1999) 1209-1229
32. Williams R.B. Quantification of the crowding effect during infections with the seven Eimeria species of the domesticated fowl: its importance for experimental design and the production of oocyst stocks. Int. J. Parasitol. 31 (2001) 1056-1069
33. Yun C.H., Lillehoj H.S., and Lillehoj E.P. Intestinal immune responses to coccidiosis. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 24 (2000) 303-324