Efficacy of a herbal product against Histomonas meleagridis after experimental infection of turkey poults

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 436-442

  Hafez, Hafez Mohamed ^a   Hauck, Rüdiger ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blackhead; Essential oils; Experimental infection; Histomoniasis; Prevention; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROTOZOON; RANDOMIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; FEMALE; OILS, VOLATILE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEYS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; AVES; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CITRUS LIMON; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PROTOZOA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 33750080489     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390600884500     Document Type: Article

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