Coccidiosis is the major parasitic disease of poultry and is caused by the apicomplexan parasites Eimeria. Drugs and live vaccines are the 2 main control measures of the disease; however, due to increasing concerns with prophylactic drug use and the high cost of vaccines, alternative control methods are needed. Recent evidence that various dietary and live microbial supplements can influence ho...

Intestinal coccidiosis, caused by Eimeria species, is an economically-important disease of poultry production industry worldwide. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of different Eimeria species in the farmed broilers of Khoy city, West Azarbaijan, North West Iran. A total of 26 broiler farms of different production capacities were arbitrarily selected and examined in 2013. In...

In July 1971, the polyether ionophorous antibiotic monensin was introduced in the United States for the control of coccidiosis in poultry. At that time, prospects for new anticoccidial agents were not good. Amprolium had enjoyed several years of use, but many other compounds had been abandoned as resistance to them developed. After the introduction of monensin, most commercial broilers were med...

Coccidiosis is one of the major parasitic diseases in commercial broiler industry. Probiotics can protect poultry against Eimeria infection. However, mechanisms are not fully known. Therefore, Lactobacillus plantarum P8 (P8) was used to investigate its anti-coccidial property and mechanism. Five hundred broilers were allocated five treatments: control diet (NC), + infection (IC), containing 1 ×...

intestinal coccidiosis, caused by eimeria species, is an economically-important disease of poultry production industry worldwide. this study was designed to investigate the prevalence of different eimeria species in the farmed broilers of khoy city, west azarbaijan, north west iran. a total of 26 broiler farms of different production capacities were arbitrarily selected and examined in 2013. in...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect high doses calcium bentonite on blood parameters, anticoccidial activity and intestinal histology broiler chickens. Three undred sixty one-day old broilers were distributed into three treatments (T+VE, T-VE, TB )with replicates. Amprolium added feed positive control group, powder nothing T-VE group. Coccidiosis induced day 14, birds kept until 49...

The present study was performed to know the prevalence of coccidiosis and efficacyof anti-coccidial drugs in capital city Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. A total 573broiler birds different age groups were sampled from area farms processedaccordingly. Fecal flotation McMaster egg counting techniques used for Oocystidentification counting, respectively. Postmortem lesions and
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A farm of two broiler flocks fed from one day old to 56 days of age a diet naturally contaminated with high level of Aflatoxin (AF), were suffered from caecal coccidiosis at 35 days of age Aflatoxin levels in feed commodities and mixed feed were determined using ELISA test. Results of ELISA showed that the average level of corn, soybean and mixed feeds contamination with aflatoxin were 1915, pp...

The effect of dietary Bacillus-based direct-fed microbials (DFMs; eight single strains designated as Bs2084, LSSAO1, 3AP4, Bs18, 15AP4, 22CP1, Bs27, and Bs278, and one multiple-strain DFM product [AVICORR]) on growth performance, intestinal lesions, and innate and acquired immunities were evaluated in broiler chickens following Eimeria maxima (EM) infection. EM-induced reduction of body weight ...