Review article

Nutritional factors supporting the immune response in animals

Dorota Jamroz

Abstract

The immune system in animals and in humans as well, is a “specific network of specialized organs, tissues and cells” and different intrinsic biochemical substances that protect the host organism against invasions and unfavourable effects of pathogenic microorganisms. It plays the essential role in maintaining the resistance to disease. It is also known that some groups of specific nutrients can affect, positively or negatively the immune response of animals. In present review some connections between nutrition and immune response will be discussed.

Keywords

imune system; resistance; nutrition protect

Hrčak ID:

2184

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/2184

Publication date:

5.9.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

Visits: 2.169 *