National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Extract of Telescopium telescopium, a marine snail has shown antiprotozoal, antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activity. Therefore, the anticoccidial efficacy of spermatheca gland (STG) extract of T. telescopium was evaluated in broiler chicken infected with Eimeria tenella. Broiler chicken (n = 80) divided into five equal groups; healthy (Gr. I), infected control (Gr. II), STG extract treated (Gr. III), Salinomycin treated (Gr. IV) and STG extract control group (Gr. V). The STG extract @ 3mg protein / kg of the body weight and Salinomycin @ 50gm /100Kg of feed were used in respective groups. Birds of the Gr. II, Gr. III and Gr. IV were infected with 21 x 103 sporulated oocysts by crop intubation on 32nd day of age. The STG extract showed significant (p<0.01) anticoccidial efficacy in terms of reduced faecal oocysts output, increased faecal and lesion score protection%, higher haematological values and serum protein concentrations and greater performance compared to the infected birds. No significant difference was observed between the birds treated with STG extract and Salinomycin. The study indicated that the STG extract, bioactive component of T. telescopium have promising potential for development as biological agent against caecal coccidiosis in broiler chicken.
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