Hayvan Bilimi ve Ürünleri Dergisi

Yazarlar: Abdul QUDOOS, Aamir IQBAL, Syed Salem AHMAD, Muhammad Sarwar KHAN, İsmail BAYRAM

Konular:Mühendislik, Ziraat

Anahtar Kelimeler:Pigeon,Coccidiosis,Coccidiostat,Guava leaves,Neem leaves

Özet: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of the coccidiostats used in pigeon lofts. A total of 60 disease-free young pigeons of 4 months of age were taken from different areas of Lahore Pakistan and divided into 4 groups A, B, C, and D having 15 birds in each group. The trial was conducted to find out the comparative chemotherapeutic efficacy of extract of leaves of neem in group A, crude extract of leaves of guava in group B, anticoccidial drug in group C, group D remained control group. The results depicted that the birds of non-infected groups had better (P<0.05) weight gain as compared to the treated groups. The pigeons of group A had better weight gain and feed conversion ratio as compared to other groups but the difference between the groups was non-significant (P>0.05). Moreover the crude extract of neem leaves boosted the immunity level of diseased pigeons that resulted in reduction of oocyst count while the crude extract of guava leaves prevented the diseased pigeons from getting secondary bacterial infection. Therefore the crude extract of neem leaves can be recommended for the treatment of coccidiosis and also to enhance the prophylactic levels in pigeons.

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