Influence of dietary supplementation of Nigella sativa on experimental coccidiosis in broiler chickens
الباحث الأول:
Latif I Kadhim
Department of Pathology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Kerbala, Karbala, Iraq
الباحثين الآخرين:
Mohammed TS Al-Zubaidi
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Haider AH AL Saegh
Department of Pathology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq
المجلة:
Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
تاريخ النشر:
None
مختصر البحث:
The traditional medicinal plant Nigella Sativa (NS) has given greatly offered for its significant antiprotozoal effects in current years. In this work, the anti-coccidial property of NS seed or salinomycin (Bio-Cox) was used for controlling field-st…
The traditional medicinal plant Nigella Sativa (NS) has given greatly offered for its significant antiprotozoal effects in current years. In this work, the anti-coccidial property of NS seed or salinomycin (Bio-Cox) was used for controlling field-strain of Eimeria (E) in broilers. A total of 120 broiler chicks were assigned to four equal groups. First group (G1) was fed with a regular diet, anti-coccidial-free with 1% whole crushed NS seeds from day 1 to day 38. The second group (G2) was fed with a regular diet with salinomycin 60 g/ton for the same period of G1. The third group (G3) and the fourth group (G4) were fed with a regular diet only. The G1, G2 and G3 were infected with E. tenella and G4 remain as a control. The results revealed that there were significant decreased were found in the body weight (BW), body weight gain (BWG), total red blood cells (RBCs), haemoglobin (Hb) level and packed cell volume (PCV) in the G3, On the other hand serum biochemical analysis of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) was significantly increased in G3 in compared with other groups. Likewise, the G1 showed significantly fewer cecal lesions and oocysts shedding (P<0.05) than the G3 after infection. In summary, our work recommends that NS could be used as unusual remedy for altering E. tenella.
