Changes in weight gain, faecal oocyst count and packed cell volume of Eimeria tenella-infected broilers treated with a wild mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) aqueous extract

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-102

  Ogbe, A O ^a   Atawodi, S E ^b   Abdu, P A ^b   Sannusi, A ^a   Itodo, A E ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Broilers; Eimeria tenella; Ganoderma lucidum; Oocyst count; Packed cell volume; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIRD; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA TENELLA; FECES; HEMATOCRIT; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLANT EXTRACTS; POULTRY DISEASES; REISHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 70349527945     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v80i2.179     Document Type: Article

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