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Research
9.
Evaluation of immunodulatory effect of stresroak
premix in broiler chick -
M. M. Gatne, Rajashree Patil, K. Ravikanth, Maini
Shivi, D. S. Rekhe
Vet World. 2010; 3(3): 122-125
Abstract
The present study was aimed to evaluate the
immunomodulatory efficacy of polyherbal formulation
Stresroak along with effect on performance in
broiler chicken. Four hundred and fifty healthy days
old chicks were randomly divided into three groups
(each group consisting of 150 chicks). Group A
served as a negative control while group B served as
positive control supplemented with levamisole, a
known immunomodulator @ 15 mg/kg body weight through
water for four consecutive days from third day
onwards. Group C birds supplemented with Stresroak
were administered @ 1 kg /tone of feed for
consecutively for 11 days i.e. 5 days before and 5
days after vaccination. Parameters under study were
performance traits viz, body weight gain, feed
consumption, FCR, blood samples were collected at
weekly interval for evaluation of various
haematological, biochemical immunological and
histopathological examination parameters. Results
revealed that the antibody titre, total proteins and
globulins were increased significantly in the birds
receiving Stresroak as compared to untreated control
group. Performance parameters were improved
non-significantly as compared to untreated control
(Group A). Histopathologically varying degrees of
lympho-proliferative changes noted which reveals
increase number of lymphocytes. It was concluded
that Stresroak exhibits hematinic, hepato-protective
and Immunomodulator properties
Key words: Immunomodulator, Broiler,
Polyherbal, Hematinic, Hepato-protective.
