Effects of vaccination against coccidiosis, with and without a specific herbal essential oil blend, on performance, oocyst excretion and serum IBD titers of broilers reared on litter
ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, cilt.11, sa.1, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Doi Numarası: 10.4081/ijas.2012.e1
- Dergi Adı: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Coccidiosis, Essential oil blend, Vaccine, Performance, Oocyst excretion, ANTICOCCIDIAL DRUGS, ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY, EIMERIA-ACERVULINA, CHICKENS, IMMUNITY, POULTRY, SUPPLEMENTATION, EXTRACTS, EFFICACY, VACCINES
- Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The aim of the present experiment was to investigate the effects of oral administration of a live attenuated vaccine (VAC) and an essential oil blend (EOB), either alone or in combination, as a novel anticoccidial strategy for broiler chickens with a mixed Eimeria spp. infection. A total of 624 broiler chicks were randomly assigned to one of six treatments. Two of the groups, only one of which was challenged with coccidiosis, were given a basal diet and served as controls. The other two groups, also infected, were given a basal diet supplemented with monensin sodium (MON, 100 mg/kg) or the EOB (75 mg/kg). Of the remaining two groups, which were infected with coccidiosis, one was vaccinated against coccidiosis (VAC) and the other was both vaccinated and fed a diet with an EOB (VAC+EOB).