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Research
3. A
new polyherbal formulation to control bacterial enteritis in
poultry: a case study in Salmonella
enteritidis induced
experimental model -
K. K. Baishya, Shivi Maini and K. Ravikanth
Vet World. 2008; 1(11): 333-334
Abstract
An experimental
study was conducted in day old 150 VenCobb chicks to evaluate
efficacy of polyherbal formulation in induced bacterial enteritis
with Salmonella
enteritidis. Birds
were randomly divided into three groups: negative control,
infected and untreated control & prophylactically treated group
with AV/ADC/16 (14th-28th days). Salmonella infection
was induced on day 21st. A
significant decrease in overall growth, productivity, feed
conversion and mortality was evident in untreated infected group
in addition to severity of clinical signs. However, prophylactic
administration of herbal formulation reduced mortality and
clinical symptoms were mild to negligible. No negative effect on
growth & performance was observed in treated group III.
Keywords: enteritis,
polyherbal, antidiarrhoeal, performance.
