Project description:White Leghorn SPF chickens were immunized with two doses of DNA vaccine, based on the hemagglutinin (HA) DNA from H5N1 virus, in comparison to the control group, which was administered an empty vector (pCI). Gene expression changes in the spleens of chickens were investigated at 7 day post booster dose.
Project description:To characterize breed-specific difference among four Korean native chicken breeds and White Leghorn, we measured their transcriptomes at liver tissue using Affymetrix Chicken gene 1.0 ST array platform.
Project description:SPF leghorn chickens were infected with C. jejuni. The cecum were collected at 8h post infection for total RNA isolation. The significantly expressed microRNAs between infected and non-infected chickens were identified through Solexa sequencing technology.
Project description:H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has raised global concern for causing huge economic losses in poultry industry. By using reversal genetic technical, we have rescued a H5 wild-type virus rS and its NS1-truncated virus S-NS99, harboring only 99 amino acids in the amino terminus of NS1. We then used a high-throughput RNA-seq method to analyze host and pathogen transcriptomes in the lungs of chickens infected with rS and S-NS99. Sequenced numbers of viral transcripts and expression levels of host immune-related genes at 1 day post infection (dpi) were higher in rS-infected than S-NS99-infected chickens. The numbers of immune response of rS-infected chickens by Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment were higher than S-NS99-infected chickens. KEGG pathway analysis revealed rS infection could provoke significantly stronger immune response than S-NS99. Collectively, our data provide new insight into the underlying mechanisms of the differential length NS1 of avian influenza viruses.
Project description:Laying hens Rosa 1 were immunized with two doses of DNA vaccine, based on the hemagglutinin (HA) DNA from H5N1 virus, in comparison to the control group, which was administered an empty vector (pCI). Additional groups of Rosa 1 hens were treated with one dose of above described vaccine or empty vector. Gene expression changes in the spleens of chickens were investigated at 7 day post last vaccination dose.
Project description:Domestic chicken has been intensively studied because of its role as an efficient source of lean meat. However, commercial broilers resulting from genetic selection for rapid growth demonstrate detrimental traits, such as excess deposition of abdominal adipose tissue, metabolic disorders, and reduced reproduction. Therefore fast-growing broilers represent “obese” chickens compared to slow-growing egg layers (e.g, Leghorn) or wild strain of meat-type chickens (e.g., Fayoumi). Fayoumi chickens, originating from Egypt, represent a harder stain of chickens, which are more resistant to diseases. Leghorn chickens are the original breed of commercial U.S layers. Both lines were maintained highly inbred by Iowa State University poultry geneticists with an inbreeding coefficient higher than 0.95. Both Fayoumi and Leghorn demonstrated lean phenotype compared to broilers, and these three lines of chickens are genetically distant from each other.