Ji Young Lee, June Hyeok Yoon, Su Hyun An, In Ho Cho, Chae Won Lee, Yun Ji Jeon, Sang Seok Joo, Byeong Cheol Ban, Jae-Yeong Lee, Hyun Jung Jung, Minji Kim, Z-Hun Kim, Ji Young Jung, Myunghoo Kim, Changsu Kong
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of dietary Chlorella vulgaris (CV) on the distribution of immune cells, intestinal morphology, intestinal barrier function, antioxidant markers, and the cecal microbiome in 10-day-old broiler chickens. A total of 120 day-old Ross 308 male broiler chicks were assigned to two dietary treatments using a randomized complete block design, with body weight as the blocking factor. Birds fed a diet containing CV showed an increase in CD4+ T cells ( p < 0.05) compared to those fed the control diet...
July 21, 2023: Animals: An Open Access Journal From MDPI