Effects of Polysaccharide Extracted from Traditional Chinese Medical Herbs on Lymphocyte Transformation Rate and AI-HI Antibody Titer in Chicks

Object]: Detect whether different concentrations of Chinese herbs compound polysaccharides (CPS), astragalus polysaccharides (APS) and angeulica polysaccharides (ASP), epimedium herb polysaccharides (EPS) have effects on the immunity function of healthy Roman chicken. [Method]: 260 one-day-old chickens were divided into thirteen groups randomly, 20 birds each group. The physiological saline, Chinese herbs compound polysaccharides, APS, ASP or EPS had been hypodermically injected for seven days continuously, and the blood was drawn on the 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49 and 56 day to evaluate the activity of the translation rate of blood lymphocyte and AI-HI antibody titers in chickens. [Result]: The results of the experiment showed that the translation rate of blood lymphocyte and AI-HI antibody titers increased markedly after the use of Chinese herbs compound polysaccharides, APS, ASP and EPS to the chickens. Chinese herbs compound polysaccharides had more effective function improving the translation rate of blood lymphocyte and AI-HI antibody titers than others. [Conclusion]: The Chinese herbs compound polysaccharides, APS, ASP and EPS could promote the immunity function of the chickens. The Chinese herbs compound polysaccharides were the strangest one among them.