Comparative analysis of syzygium aromaticum and punica granutum controlling coccidiosis in gallus domesticus

Author

Masebe, Huldah.

Title

Comparative analysis of syzygium aromaticum and punica granutum controlling coccidiosis in gallus domesticus

Abstract

Coccidiosis has become a major threat in the poultry industry causing high mortality rate in poultry. The protozoan disease has reduced the economic stability due to drug resistance thus demanding more attention. The study aimed to evaluatig the effect of Syzygium aromaticum and Punica granutum in controlling coccidiosis in ross broilers. Methanolic, ethanolic and aqueous extraction were used for each plant. A total of twenty five, 21 days old chicks were devided into 4 groups and 20 chickens were infected. The infected groups were treated with S.aromaticum, P. granutum and Ampolium. Ampolium is a commercial drug which work as an coccidiostat (Gerhold, 2023). Parameters such as oocyst reduction and weight gain were recorded at day 7, day 14 and day 28. The fecal oocyst count was done using the McMaster technique. All data collected was subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) at α = 0.05 level of significance. Faecal oocyte shedding decreased significantly (p < 0.05) in the treatment groups that were treated with S.aromaticum and P.granatum. The mean weight of what? deviation from day 7 to day 14 was great for the methanol extract of the herbal extract of Syzygium aromaticum(540g), followed by methanolic extracts for Punica granatum (430g),and finally ethanolic extracts of Syzygium aromaticum (320g) and ethanolic extracts of Punica granatum(300g). The trending model for S. aromaticum in terms of weight deviation (y = 10x+380) showed that it has a greater efficacy against coccidiosis. Methanolic extracts treated groups exhibited better improvement, followed by ethanolic and finally distilled water in terms of oocyst reduction. The lesion score for untreated group was 3, methanolic extraction for S.aromaticum 1, P.granatum was 2 and for the ethanolic extracts for both herbs the lesion score was 2 which showed that S.aromaticum exhibited better efficacy in the treatment of coccidiosis. The study provided a baseline assessment for the treatment of coccidiosis . The significance of Syzygium aromaticum and Punica granatum in eradiaction of coccidian have been recognised as a possibility upon proper solvent extraction and observation of the minimum dose required to counteract the effects of the disease.

Date

June 2024

Publisher

BUSE

Keywords

Comparative Analysis,

Syzygium Aromaticum,

Punica Granutum,

Coccidiosis,

Gallus Domesticus.

Supervisor

Mr. Ndava,