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

Citation:

Gopi Muthusamy, Joardar, Siddhartha Narayan , Samanta, Indranil , Isore, Devi Prasad , Roy, Barun , and Maiti, Tapas Kumar . 2020. “Dietary Administered Purified Β-Glucan Of Edible Mushroom (Pleurotus Florida) Provides Immunostimulation And Protection In Broiler Experimentally Challenged With Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus”. The Journal Of Basic And Applied Zoology, 81, 1, Pp. 55. doi:10.1186/s41936-020-00180-0.

Abstract:

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 glucan (MG) at 15 mg/kg feed (group A) and MG at 30 mg/kg feed (group B) was administered to broiler birds for 20 days keeping control birds (group C) with a normal diet throughout. After 7 days post treatment, three groups of birds (n = 4, in each case) were challenged with virulent NDV. The immunological parameters were assessed to observe the protective efficacy of MG.