Centennial Review: Effects of vitamins A, D, E, and C on the chicken immune system
2021 Poultry Science 100:100930 https://doi.org/10.1016Zj.psj.2020.12.027
Bahram Shojadoost, Alexander Yitbarek, Mohammadali Alizadeh, Raveendra R. Kulkarni. Jake Astill, Nitish Boodhoo, and Shayan Sharif shayan@uoguelph.ca
Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
Various bird flus have infected Humans, but
they have not yet mutated to allow transmission between humans
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Currently. chickens are given just enough vitamins so that they can live for 6 weeks - More is needed
- Russia Reports World's First Case of Human Infection With H5N8 Bird Flu Feb 21, 2021 USNews
- "Outbreaks of the H5N8 strain have been reported in Russia, Europe, China, the Middle East and North Africa in recent months but so far only in poultry. Other strains - H5N1, H7N9 and H9N2 - have been known to spread to humans."
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- Immunity increased by Vitamin D via cells and genes (HIV etc.) – March 2018
- Flu
- Congenital Zika Syndrome (more than microcephaly) – Spring 2016
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- Adaptive immunity (cancer, viruses, autoimmune) and vitamin D – April 2016
- Many Infectious diseases (virus) treated and prevented by Vitamin D – review July 2009
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Table of Contents
Vitamins are nutritional elements which are necessary for essential activities such as development, growth, and metabolism of cells. In addition to these conventional functions, vitamins A, D, E, and C have vital roles in normal function of the immune system as their deficiency is known to impair innate and adaptive host responses. By altering transcription of multiple immune system genes and contributing to antioxidant activities, these vitamins influence the immune system in different ways including modulation of cell-mediated and antibody-mediated responses, immunoregulation, and antiinflammatory effects. Furthermore, supplementation of these vitamins to poultry may assist the immune system to combat microbial pathogens while reducing detrimental effects associated with stress and enhancing responses to vaccines. In this article, the relationship between the chicken immune system and vitamins A, D, E, and C is reviewed, and evidence from the literature pertaining to how these vitamins exert their antiinflammatory, regulatory, and antimicrobial effects is discussed.
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