title: Immunostimulating and growth-promoting effects of sugar cane extract (SCE) in chickens.
abstract: Polymorphonuclear cells of the peripheral blood in the chicken significantly increased their phagocytosis when cultured with sugar cane extract (SCE; 250-1,000 microg/ml) for 24 hr. Chickens orally administered SCE (500 mg/kg/day) for 3 or 6 consecutive days at 1 week of age showed significantly higher body weight and gain in body weight/day and a lower food conversion ratio within the growing period of 6 weeks than physiological saline-administered control chickens. Furthermore, oral administration of SCE also resulted in significantly higher immune responses against sheep red blood cells and Brucella abortus. These results suggest that SCE has immunostimulating and growth promoting effects in chickens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Moshira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Abasy
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Motobu
authors.forename: Kameo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimura
authors.forename: Ki-Jeong
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: Chung-Boo
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koge
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onodera
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirota
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000276:immunology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D031786:Saccharum / Q000737:chemistry*; D012756:Sheep; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts