Article
Chicken Heterophil Chemotaxis Using Staphylococcus-Generated Chemoattractants
Avian Diseases
(1993)
Abstract
Heterophil chemotaxis, in response to chemotactic factors generated by three different strains of staphylococcal bacteria, was measured using the modified Boyden-chamber technique. Heterophils were obtained from healthy 6-to-8-week-old broiler chickens. Each bacterial strain generated factors that were chemotactic for chicken heterophils. Factors generated by two pathogenic isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, however, induced significantly greater chemotaxis in chicken heterophils than those generated by a nonpathogenic Staphylococcus isolate.
Keywords
- Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Disciplines
Publication Date
1993
Citation Information
James R. Andreasen, Claire B. Andreasen, Mohammad Anwer and Anita E. Sonn. "Chicken Heterophil Chemotaxis Using Staphylococcus-Generated Chemoattractants" Avian Diseases Vol. 37 Iss. 3 (1993) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/claire_andreasen/12/
This article is from Avian Diseases37 (1993): 835-838, doi: 10.2307/1592038 . Posted with permission.