The effect of an interferon inducer onEimeria maximain the chicken

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Abstract
The intraperitoneal inoculation of chickens with 100–170 mg of Statolon, an artificial interferon inducer in mammals, induced the production of a virus interference factor in the serum. Chickens, 3 and 5 weeks old given 40–170 mg Statolon i.p. produced significantly fewer oocysts after infection with E. maxima than untreated chickens.Only three serum samples (from a large number examined) taken from chickens 1, 4 or 6 days after E. tenella infection or 6 h and 6 days after E. maxima infection showed slight but significant antiviral effects.