Protective effects of Aloe vera-based diets in Eimeria maxima-infected broiler chickens

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 322-325

  Yim, Dongjean ^a,b   Kang, Sang S ^b   Kim, Dong W ^c   Kim, Sang H ^c   Lillehoj, Hyun S ^d   Min, Wongi ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Chickens; Coccidiosis; Eimeria

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT;

ALOE VERA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BROILER; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALOE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EIMERIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; INTESTINES; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; POWDERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALOE VERA; AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 78650559783     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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