Dietary administered purified β-glucan of edible mushroom (Pleurotus florida) provides immunostimulation and protection in broiler experimentally challenged with virulent Newcastle disease virus

Abstract Background To study the immunomodulatory and protective role of dietary administered purified β-glucan obtained from edible mushroom (Pleurotus florida) in commercial broiler chicken, experimentally challenged with virulent Newcastle disease virus (NDV) on 7th day post treatment. Mushroom g...

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Main Authors: Gopi Muthusamy, Siddhartha Narayan Joardar, Indranil Samanta, Devi Prasad Isore, Barun Roy, Tapas Kumar Maiti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41936-020-00180-0