PMID: 8590904Jan 1, 1994Paper

The effect of anti-bursa serum (ABS) on the intensity of acid phosphatase reaction in bursa-dependent structures of the chicken spleen and on the level of antibodies in the blood serum

Archivum Veterinarium Polonicum
S Graczyk

Abstract

It has been found that administering rabbit anti-bursa serum (ABS) to chickens, like neonatal bursectomy, brings about a decreased acid phosphatase (APh) reaction in germinal centres type I and II, and in the periellipsoidal lymphatic tissue (PEL) of the spleen. It has turned out, that following a stimulation with sheep erythrocytes (SRBC) in the blood serum of the ABS-treated chickens appear traces of specific anti-SRBC agglutinins, while in bursectomized chickens there is only a slight decrease in the titre of those antibodies. The results may serve as a base for further studies on the role and participation of the spleen structures in chicken immunological response.

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