63. Heat stress impairs performance parameters, immunity and increases Salmonella enteritidis migration to spleen of broilers chickens

Stressful stimuli are known to change the immune function. A relevant environmental stress to the poultry production is the heat stress. Salmonella spp. is one of the most important zoonotic pathogens worldwide. The aim of our work was search for effects of heat stress on broilers chickens infected with Salmonella enteritidis (SE), searching for a neuroimmune relationship. Two hundred and sixty chickens were divided in four groups:control (C);...