Comparison of some immune traits among different chicken breeds

The present study compared some immune traits to evaluate the disease resistance of different chicken breeds.Random samples of 80 chickens from each population of Rugao Chicken (RG),Wenchang Chicken (WC),and Anka Chicken(AK) were partitioned into A and B groups.Each group had an injection of 0.5 mL and 1 mL of 25% suspension of sheep red blood cell (SRBC) at 49 days of age,respectively.The value of heterophil/lymphocyte(H/L) at 41,56,71and 89 days of age,SRBC antibody titer at 56,71and 89 days old,and the antibody of Newcastle disease (ND) and avian influenza(AI) at 30,41,56,71 and 89 days of age were detected,respectively.The results showed as follows:The difference of H/L value existed between different breeds in the same days of age,but it became smaller along with time.H/L value in RG changed less than that of other breeds,however,WC and AK had obvious change from high to low level.The SRBC antibody titer of three breeds got the highest at 56 days,the highest with WC and the lowest AK(P0.05).Moreover,there were significant differences between them.The sensitivities to different dosages of breeds were different except RG.ND antibody titer of three breeds had the change,variable,though the AK's antibody titer was in the mid of RG and WC before the third immunity,it was extremely significantly higher than the other two breeds of chicken after that period (P0.01).There were insignificant difference of AI antibody titer between RG and WC in all test time except 56 day,meanwhile antibody titer of AK was extremely significantly lower than that of the other two breeds in all test time(P0.001).This study showed that the immune traits were different between chicken breeds,and Chinese chicken breeds had the some advantage of outside breeds.