title: Cellular defense of the avian respiratory system: protection against Escherichia coli airsacculitis by Pasteurella multocida-activated respiratory phagocytes.
abstract: The concept of nonspecific cellular defense of the respiratory system of poultry against respiratory pathogens by "preventive activation" of avian respiratory phagocytes (ARPs) was tested in an in vivo protection trial. Chickens were stimulated intratracheally by Pasteurella multocida Choloral vaccine strain. Seven hours later, these and mock-inoculated control chickens were challenged with pathogenic Escherichia coli via the air-sac route. Stimulated chickens had a 25-fold-elevated number of ARPs compared with mock-inoculated control chickens. The proportion of active phagocytes and the phagocytic capacity of these cells was higher in the ARP populations of stimulated chickens than in the ARP populations of control chickens. In vivo protection against E. coli air-sac infection was demonstrated by reduction of morbidity and mortality rates, diminished weight loss, and lower scores of gross and histopathological lesions of P. multocida-stimulated chickens compared with mock-inoculated controls.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Veit
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000400:Air Sacs / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D002645:Chickens / Q000276:immunology*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000662:veterinary; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000662:veterinary; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008863:Microspheres; D010325:Pasteurella / Q000276:immunology; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines