Immunostimulatory and protective effects of Aloe vera against coccidiosis in industrial broiler chickens

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 170-177

  Akhtar, Masood ^a   Hai, Abdul ^a   Awais, Mian Muhammad ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Muhammad, Faqir ^a   Haq, Ahsan ul ^a   Anwar, Muhammad Irfan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Poultry Research Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Broilers; Coccidiosis; Immunostimulation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FECES ANALYSIS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALOE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; POULTRY DISEASES;

ALOE; ALOE VERA; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84860251209     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.059     Document Type: Article

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