General Objective: To determine the immunological and productive effects of the probiotic treatment L. fermentum with a diet enriched with microalgae biomass in broiler chickens exposed to Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis.
Specific objectives
- To determine the effects of treatments on body weight and feed conversion ratio in chickens exposed to Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis.
- To determine the effects of the treatments on the intestinal morphometry of chickens exposed to Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis.
- To determine the effects of the treatments on the count of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis in the cecal content.
- To determine the effects of the treatments on the abundance of mRNA of cytokines involved in the inflammatory and immunological reaction in chickens infected with Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis.
- To determine the effects of treatments on plasma immunoglobulin levels in chickens exposed to Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis.
Participating Institutions:
YACHAY, UCE, UTA, UTC.
Participants:
Project manager Marco Andrés Larrea Álvarez.
- Marco Andres Larrea Alvarez
- Christian Vinicio Vinueza Burgos
- David Alejandro Ortega Paredes
- William Calero Caceres
- Edie Gabriel Molina Cuasapaz
Awarded budget: $44621,8
Project status: Signing of agreements.
