Anticoccidial effect of garlic (Allium sativum) and ginger (Zingiber officinale) against experimentally induced coccidiosis in broiler chickens

Majid Ali,Naila Chand,Rifat Ullah Khan,Shabana Naz,Sina Gul

doi:10.1080/09712119.2019.1573731

Abstract

ABSTRACT The present study was designed to find the effect of ginger and garlic on the performance and integrity of gut in experimentally induced coccidiosis in broiler chickens. A total of two hundred and forty day-old Hubbard broiler chicks were divided into six equal groups as following: T1, Control (basal diet only); T2, Infected–untreated (positive control); T3, Infected and supplemented with garlic at 15 g/kg feed; T4, Infected and supplemented with gingers at 5 g/kg feed; T5, Infected and treated with amprolium hydrochloride at 1.25 g/liter drinking water; T6, Infected and supplemented with mixture of garlic and ginger at the rate of 2.5 and 7.5 g/kg feed. The results showed that feed intake, body weight and feed conversion ratio (FCR) was significantly (P < .05) high in ginger and garlic supplemented birds compared to the positive control. Similarly, oocysts shedding, lesion score and histopathology of the small intestines improved in ginger and garlic supplemented birds after induced-infection in broiler. The findings of the present study showed that ginger and garlic produced encouraging results in comparison to amprolium in broiler chickens infected with experimental coccidiosis.

Highlights

Coccidiosis is one of the major protozoan diseases of poultry caused by genus Emeria
During 2nd and 3rd week in the treated groups, the highest feed intake was recorded in amprolium group and the combination of ginger and garlic
In the 5th week, significantly high feed intake was observed in the ginger and garlic supplemented groups

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Introduction

Coccidiosis is one of the major protozoan diseases of poultry caused by genus Emeria. This organism mostly affects the gastrointestinal tract causing reduced feed intake, weight gain, worsen feed efficiency and higher mortality (Tanweer et al 2014; Chand et al 2016). Massive economic losses are associated with the outbreak of coccidiosis in the form of morbidity and mortality of the birds (Abudabos et al 2017). Eimeria species mostly infect the ceca and small intestines. Different types of lesions are present which depend upon the species of coccidia (Tanweer et al 2014). The organisms proliferate in the intestinal cells and cause tissue destruction (Arczewska et al 2012)

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