Toxicity and anticoccidial efficacy of some plants used in the traditional treatment of avian coccidiosis in semi-arid northeastern Nigeria

Research Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-30

  Nwosu, C O ^a   Yahayah, K ^a   Igbokwe, I O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Avian; Coccidiosis; Extracts; Plants; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMPROLIUM; AMPROLIUM 200; ANONA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BUTYROSPERMUM PARADOXUM EXTRACT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; PHLOBOTANNIN DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANONA SENEGALENSIS; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BARK; BODY WEIGHT; BUTYROSPERMUM PARADOXUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHICK; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COCCIDIOSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EIMERIA; FECES CULTURE; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT STEM; PULLET; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SPOROGENESIS; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AVES; BUTYROSPERMUM; EIMERIA; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS;

EID: 79951564656     PISSN: 18164943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jp.2011.18.30     Document Type: Article

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