Vitamin E or vitamin A protects chickens against E. coli infection.
The supplementation of either vitamin E (300 mg./kg. diet) or vitamin A (60,000 I.U./kg. diet) to a standard chick ration increased the protection of six week old immunized chickens against E coli infection, decreasing mortality from about 40% to 5%. The combination of the two vitamins, however, did not give as much protection as either vitamin alone. Vitamin E or A did not protect chicks from weight loss and severe morbidity due to infection, but slightly increased the rate of recovery.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007114:Immunization / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014801:Vitamin A; D014810:Vitamin E