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Protective efficacy in chickens of recombinant plasmid pET32a(+)-ADF-3-1E of Eimeria acervulina

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This experiment was conducted to study the protective efficacy of recombinant plasmid pET32a(+)-ADF-3-1E in coccidian-infected breeding chickens. The 7-day-old chickens were randomly divided into five groups: a recombinant plasmid pET32a(+)-ADF-3-1E group, a pET32a(+)-ADF group, a pET32a(+)-3-1E group, a control group, and an infection control group. The chickens were immunized intramuscularly with recombinant plasmid DNA in a dose of 200 μg, respectively, and a booster vaccination was given at the same dosage 1 week later. The peripheral blood T lymphocyte proliferation, serum IgG antibody response, and levels of interleukin 2 (IL-2) and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) were detected, respectively. The chickens were inoculated with 4 × 106 Eimeria acervulina-sporulated oocysts (Baoding strain) on the seventh day after the last immunization to evaluate the protective efficiency of the recombinant plasmid DNA. The results showed that the lymphocyte proliferation, serum IgG antibody, and IL-2 and IFN-γ levels in recombinant plasmid DNA group were significantly higher than those in control group (P < 0.01). The lymphocyte proliferation, serum IgG antibody, and IL-2 and IFN-γ levels in pET32a(+)-ADF-3-1E group were significantly higher than those in pET32a(+)-3-1E group and pET32a(+)-ADF group, respectively (P < 0.05). It indicated that the pET32a(+)-ADF-3-1E could produce stronger immune responses. The relative body weight gain rate in pET32a(+)-ADF-3-1E group was 88.36 %, which was significantly higher than that in control group (P < 0.05) and infection control group (P < 0.01). The reductions of oocyst production and lesion scores in pET32a(+)-ADF-3-1E group were 67.88 and 67.13 %, respectively. The oocyst excretion and the lesion score of chickens in pET32a(+)-ADF-3-1E group were lower than those in infection control group, respectively. Anticoccidial index (ACI) value in group immunized with pET32a(+)-ADF-3-1E was 169.82. ACI value of 160–179 was considered as effective. These results demonstrated that the pET32a(+)-ADF-3-1E recombinant plasmid DNA could effectively improve the cellular responses and humoral immune responses of the chickens, and it might provide protection against coccidiosis in chickens.

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This research was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 30571394) and the National Natural Science Foundation of Hebei province (grant number C2007000523).

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    Yuelan Zhao, Ruitao Xu, Yue Zhang, Xingyu Ji, Jing Zhang, Yiwei Liu, Yongzhan Bao & Jianhua Qin

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Zhao, Y., Xu, R., Zhang, Y. et al. Protective efficacy in chickens of recombinant plasmid pET32a(+)-ADF-3-1E of Eimeria acervulina . Parasitol Res 113, 3007–3014 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-3963-0

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