Journal
BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
Volume 143, Issue 1, Pages 251-260Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8832-9
Keywords
Bursa of Fabricius; Histologic lesions; Cell cycle; Flow cytometry (FCM); Ig; Broiler
Funding
- program for Changjiang scholars and innovative research team in the university [IRT 0848]
- Education Department and Scientific department of Sichuan Province [09ZZ017]
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The purpose of this 42-day study was to investigate the effects of dietary excess vanadium on immune function by determining the morphological changes and cell cycle of bursa of Fabricius, and the serum Ig contents. A total of 420 one-day-old avian broilers were divided into six groups and fed on a corn-soybean basal diet as control diet, or the same diet amended to contain 5, 15, 30, 45, and 60 ppm vanadium supplied as ammonium metavanadate. When compared with that of control group, the relative weight of bursa was significantly increased in the 15 ppm group from 14 to 35 days of age and increased in the 5 ppm group at 42 days of age, and significantly decreased in the 60 ppm group from 14 to 42 days of age and decreased in 30 and 45 ppm groups from 35 to 42 days of age. Pathological lesions progressed as the dietary vanadium increased. The gross lesions of bursa showed obvious atrophy with decreased volume and pale color in 45 and 60 ppm groups. Histopathologically, widened cortex and increased number of lymphocytes appeared in 5 and 15 ppm groups, and reduced lymphocytes and connective tissue hyperplasia appeared in 45 and 60 ppm groups. The bursal cells in static phase (G(0)/G(1)) were decreased, and those in the mitotic phase (G(2) + M) and the proliferating index (PI) were increased in 5 and 15 ppm groups. However, bursal cells in the G(0)/G(1) phase were increased, and those in G(2) + M phase, synthesis phase (S) and the PI were decreased in 45 and 60 ppm groups. Also, the serum IgG and IgA contents were increased in 5 and 15 ppm groups, and the serum IgG, IgA, and IgM contents were decreased in 45 and 60 ppm groups. These results suggested that dietary excess vanadium (45 and 60 ppm) could inhibit growth of bursa of Fabricius and impair humoral immunity in chicken.
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