Use of Artemisia annua as a natural coccidiostat in free-range broilers and its effects on infection dynamics and performance

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 178-187

  Almeida, Gustavo F de ^a   Horsted, Klaus ^a   Thamsborg, Stig M ^b   Kyvsgaard, Niels C ^b   Ferreira, Jorge F S ^c   Hermansen, John E ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua L.; Broiler Genotypes; Coccidiosis; Free range systems; Natural anti protozoa drug; Sex effects

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; BROILER; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSTATS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYSTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POULTRY DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; AVES; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; PROTOZOA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84860258740     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.058     Document Type: Article

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