Life (Dec 2022)

Production of Intestinal Mucins, sIgA, and Metallothionein after Administration of Zinc and Infection of <em>Ascaridia galli</em> in Chickens: Preliminary Data

  • Martin Levkut,
  • Mária Levkutová,
  • Ľubomíra Grešáková,
  • Katarína Bobíková,
  • Viera Revajová,
  • Emília Dvorožňáková,
  • Zuzana Ševčíková,
  • Róbert Herich,
  • Viera Karaffová,
  • Rudolf Žitňan,
  • Mikuláš Levkut

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/life13010067
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
p. 67

Abstract

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The effect of inorganic zinc and Ascaridia galli infection was studied on MUC1, MUC2 (mucin), sIgA (secretory immunoglobulin A), and metallothionein in the intestines of broilers. Thirty-five-day-old chickens (n = 24), COBB 500 breed, were included in a 14-day experiment. Chickens were divided into 4 groups of 6 chickens each: control ©, Ascaridia galli (AG), Zinc group (Zn), and combined group (AG + Zn). Samples from the intestine for determination of MUC1, MUC2, sIgA, and metallothionein were taken at 7 and 14 days during necropsy. Samples from the jejunum for determination of MUC1, MUC2, sIgA, and metallothionein were taken at 7 and 14 days during necropsy. The results demonstrated that 12 days’ administration of inorganic zinc increased production of MUC1 (p p Ascaridia galli-infected group (Ag + Zn) in comparison to control (C). The beneficial effect of zinc was also revealed in the production of sIgA (p p Ascaridia galli-infected chickens.

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