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STUDY OF IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BROILER CHICKS VACCINATED AGAINST INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS IN CONCURRENCE WITH THE USE OF DEXAMETHASONE

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Last updated: 20 Jan 2025

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Microbiology, mycology and immunology

Abstract

Dexamethasone is one of the strong synthetic steroids. It has a multipotent effect on the body's cells and tissues, including the immune system, as it induces immune suppression, but sometimes can modulate the immune response, which is still vague and unclear. Although the poverty of studies about their action when administered in parallel with the vaccination program. We aimed to use poultry as a model to study the effect of dexamethasone administration in parallel with the infectious bronchitis vaccination regime. Sixty one-day-old chicks were divided into four groups; the first group was treated with a full dose of dexamethasone ED100 with infectious bronchitis vaccine, while the second group was treated with ED50 of the drug with IB vaccination, whereas the third group was used as a positive control treated with the IB vaccine, and the fourth group was used as a negative control kept without vaccination. The ELISA test was used to detect antibodies against infectious bronchitis as a result of vaccination, and levels of CD4 and CD8 T-cells as indications for the effect of dexamethasone on vaccination.  Results showed that the low dose of dexamethasone (ED50) provided a significant increase in antibodies against infectious bronchitis, with an increase in the levels of CD4 and CD8 compared to the others. We conclude that a low dose of dexamethasone may positively affect the immune response to the vaccination program when administered with the infectious bronchitis vaccine.

DOI

10.21608/avmj.2025.311053.1341

Keywords

dexamethasone, IB vaccine, CD4 and CD8

Authors

First Name

ABDULLAH

Last Name

SHEEHAN

MiddleName

ABDULAZEEZ KHALEEL

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, Iraq. e-mail: ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8851-8992

Email

abdshaeehan@uomosul.edu.iq

City

mosul

Orcid

0000-0002-8851-8992

First Name

A.M.

Last Name

AL-AALIM

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, Iraq. ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5734-8815.

Email

ammarmahmmod@uomosul.edu.iq

City

Mosul

Orcid

0000-0001-5734-8815

First Name

YAAREB

Last Name

MOUSA

MiddleName

J.

Affiliation

Department of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, Iraq. ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0004-097X

Email

yarub204@uomosul.edu.iq

City

mosul

Orcid

0000-0003-0004-097X

Volume

71

Article Issue

184

Related Issue

52949

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-08-24

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

598

Page End

607

Print ISSN

1012-5973

Online ISSN

2314-5226

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_405230.html

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405,230

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Research article

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1,840

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Journal

Publication Title

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

STUDY OF IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BROILER CHICKS VACCINATED AGAINST INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS IN CONCURRENCE WITH THE USE OF DEXAMETHASONE

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20 Jan 2025