TY  - JOUR
T1  - Susceptibility of Bovans Chicks to Low Levels of Dietary Cassia Italica Fruits and <I>Ocimum basilicum </I>Leaves or their Mixture
AU - , Warda S. Abdel Gadir AU - , Abeer M. Ali AU - , Amel O. Bakhiet 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 5
IS  - 6
SP  - 468
EP  - 471
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2006.468.471
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2006.468.471
KW  - Cassia italica
KW  -Ocimum bacilicum
AB  - The Sudanese <I>Cassia italica </I>fruits and <I>Ocimum bacilicum </I>leaves, used in local traditional medicine for the treatment of various ailments, were fed to male Bovans - type chicks at 10% of the standard diet for 2 weeks. A mixture (5+5%) of the two plants was also fed to chicks for a similar period. No death among the chicks fed the test diets was observed during the period of the experiment. Depression in growth, soft faeces and hepatonephrotoxicity were observed in chicks fed a diet containing 10% of <I>O. bacilicum </I>leaves. These findings were correlated with alterations in serum constituents and haematology. Impairment of growth, soft faeces and hepatotoxicity were also described in chicks fed 10% of <I>Cassia italica </I>fruits and 5% mixture of two plants.
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