TY  - JOUR
T1  - Anticoccidial Activity of <I>Eupatorium adenophorum</I> Extracts Against Chicken Coccidian Oocysts
AU - , F.C. Zou AU - Yang, J.F. AU - , R.Q. Wang AU - , R.Q. Lv AU - , D.H. Zhou AU - , G. Duan 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 11
IS  - 8
SP  - 1255
EP  - 1257
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2012.1255.1257
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.1255.1257
KW  - Eupatorium adenophorum
KW  -chicken coccidian oocysts
KW  -anticoccidial activity
KW  -vaccine
KW  -survival rate
KW  -poultry farms
AB  - The potential anticoccidial activity of <I>Eupatorium adenophorum</I> extracts was evaluated against coccidian oocysts which are common parasites in poultry farms. Fresh unsporulated coccidian oocysts were exposed to 2, 1.5, 1 or 0.5% of <I>E. adenophorum</I> extracts and the sporulation rate was measured after 72 h. A total of 80 chickens were inoculated with those attenuated oocysts. After 1 week, the birds were challenged with 1x10<SUP>5</SUP> untreated fresh sporulated oocysts and the survival rate, Oocyst Per Gram feces (OPG), cecum lesion score, body weight gain rate and Anticoccidal Index (ACI) were measured and calculated on the 8th day after the challenge infection. The extracts of <I>E. adenophorum</I> were found to be significantly effective against coccidian oocyst activity (p&lt;0.05). These results indicate that <I>E. adenophorum</I> may potentially be a new alternative for effective and environmentally-friendly control of coccidiosis. The results also have important implications for the development of attenuated coccidiosis vaccine.
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