Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2014, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (3): 50-54.

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The Mechanisms of Immune Stress and the Impact on Animal Growth

Lin Binbin1,2, Zhang Bin1, Li Fengna2, Li Yinghui2,3, Fan Juexin1   

  1. (1. College of Animal Sciences,Hunan Agricultural University,Changsha 410125;2. Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central,Ministry of Agriculture,Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Livestock and Poultry,Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region,Institute of Subtropical Agriculture,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Changsha 410125;3. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100039)
  • Received:2013-08-27 Online:2014-03-29 Published:2014-03-31

Abstract: Immune stress not only affects the growth and performance of the animal, and may result in death, even vaccinated to prevent and control the disease on the body will produce some damage, then a serious impact is taken by immune stress on livestock production, bringing huge economic losses. The paper described the concept of immune stress, giving a summary of the animals and research expectations for the immune stress mechanism of action and providing reference materials for livestock production and scientific research, so that make certain animal health can be protected and maximize their performance, and will not result in waster feed, thus improving the breeding efficiency.

Key words: Immune stress, Mechanisms of immune, Cytokines, Animal growth