Dietary inclusion of dried Artemisia annua leaves for management of coccidiosis and growth enhancement in chickens

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4083-4092

  Brisibe, Ebiamadon Andi ^a,b   Umoren, Umoren E ^a   Owai, Patrick U ^a   Brisibe, Fraideh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b Molecular Bio/Sciences Limited   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua; Broiler chickens; Coccidiosis; Conventional feed; Egg yolk; Eimeria spp.

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG YOLK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; TROPHOZOITE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; AVES; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 57149112773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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