Browsing by Author "Subramanian, Saravanan"
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Results Per Page
Sort Options
ArticleItem Open Access Development of Antibodies in Broiler Chickens Immunized with Adjuvanted Eimeria tenella Sporozoites(2015-12) Subramanian, Saravanan; Kondan Muthusamy, Palanivel; Ganapathy, Selvaraju; Palani, Srinivasan; TANUVASHumoral immune response elicited by administration of purified adjuvanted E. tenella sporozoites by S/C in neck region of broiler chickens in different age groups was assessed by a developed indirect ELISA. The chickens of group (T2) immunized with 25 μg of antigen with Freund’s Complete adjuvant (FCA) on day 2 and a booster vaccination without adjuvant on 18th day of age inducted peak IgG levels (0.616±0.022) at six weeks of age post immunization (PI) with a decline (0.394±0.012) at 7 weeks of age. A protective immune response against caecal coccidiosis could therefore be achieved by an immunization with adjuvanted E. tenella sporozoites in chickens of less than a week old, followed by a booster without adjuvant. Further, the performance of immunized chickens as indicated by mean weight gain (302.5±13.834g), mean lesion score (1.33±0.21) and mean oocyst output per gram (OPG) of faeces (53.84±19.09 x103) was found to be superior to the non- adjuvant vaccinated group and unimmunized infected control, however, the mean lesion score and OPG of faeces were inferior to that of medicated group.ArticleItem Open Access Prevalence of Clostridium perfringens in the Chicken Meat Rendered at Retail Outlets of Namakkal, Tamilnadu(Journal of Advanced Veterinary Research, 2012) Thangamani, Arulkumar; Subramanian, Saravanan; TANUVASAn investigation was conducted at retail chicken outlets to identify the meat contamination by Clostridium perfringens, which might result in food intoxication in humans. Out of 210 meat samples collected, 3.81% were positive by culture with a colonial count of 0.96 ± 0.38 log10 cfu/g. All cultures of positives were confirmed by biochemical and motility tests.