TY - JOUR T1 - Anticoccidial Effects of Magnolia officinalis Extract on Eimeria tenella in Chicken AU - Kim, Okjin AU - Lee, Hyun-A AU - Hong, Sunhwa AU - Chung, Yung-Ho JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 11 IS - 22 SP - 4156 EP - 4160 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2012.4156.4160 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.4156.4160 KW - Anticoccidial activity KW -Eimeria tenella KW -Eimeria KW -Magnoliae officinalis KW -magnolol AB - Anticoccidial effects of Magnoliae officinalis Extract (MOE) were evaluated in chickens following oral infection with Eimeria (E.) tenella. This study was conducted on the 3 days old chickens (n = 30). Those animals were divided with 3 groups; MOE 0.5% treated/infected (n = 10), MOE untreated/infected (n = 10) and non-infected control (n = 10). Chickens were fed a standard diet supplemented with or without MOE for 1 week prior to infection with E. tenella (10,000 sporulated oocysts per chicken). The effects of MOE on E. tenella infection were assessed by two parameters, fecal oocyst shedding and body weight gain. The MOE-fed chickens produced significantly reduced fecal oocysts (p<0.05) when compared to the E. tenella-infected group fed standard diet. Also, MOE-based diet, improved body weight loss caused by E. tenella infection. The data demonstrated that MOE had remarkable anticoccidial activities against E. tenella. This finding might have implications for the development of anticoccidial drug. ER -