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The rchIL-9 was produced by prokaryotic and eukaryotic expression systems and showed biological activity in activating monocytes\/macrophages to produce inflammatory cytokines and promoting the proliferation of CD3<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> T cells. In addition, four monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and rabbit polyclonal antibody (pAb) against rchIL-9 were generated. Using anti-chIL-9 mAbs and pAb, natural chIL-9 expressed by the activated PBMCs of chickens with a molecular weight of 25kD was identified by Western-blotting. 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