Anticoccidial activity of the methanolic extract of Musa paradisiaca root in chickens

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-248

  Anosa, George Nnamdi ^a   Okoro, O Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anticoccidial activity; Chickens; Extract; Musa paradisiaca

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BANANA; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EIMERIA TENELLA; FECES; HEMATOCRIT; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EIMERIA TENELLA; FECES; HEMATOCRIT; METHANOL; MUSA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; POULTRY DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COCCIDIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS; MUSA X PARADISIACA;

EID: 78649954018     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9684-1     Document Type: Article

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