Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids enrichment alters performance and immune response in infectious bursal disease challenged broilers.

• Main Authors: Maroufyan, Elham, Kasim, Azhar, Ebrahimi, Mahdi, Loh, Teck Chwen, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Zerihun, Hailemariam, Hosseni, Fatemeh, Goh, Yong Meng, Soleimani Farjam, Abdoreza
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BioMed Central 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22226/1/Omega.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22226/

Background Infectious bursal disease (IBD) results in economic loss due to mortality, reduction in production efficiency and increasing the usage of antibiotics. This study was carried out to investigate the modulatory roles of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) enrichment in immune res...