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Table 7 Percentage faecal egg count reduction of broiler chickens infected with Ascaridia galli and treated with extract and fractions of Vernonia amygdalina

From: Effects of Vernonia amygdalina methanol leaf extract and fractions on Ascaridia galli in experimentally infected birds with regard to its pathological effect

Treatments

Dosage (mg/kg)

Pre-treatment

Days post-treatment

7

14

21

DW

5 ml/kg

0.0

18.9

13.2

11.3

ALB

 

0.0

89.2

95.9

99.2

CME

200

0.0

52.2

69.6

71.7

400

0.0

60.9

76.7

85.9

800

0.0

81.4

92.2

96.9

BF

200

0.0

37.5

62.5

65.0

400

0.0

65.1

69.8

81.4

800

0.0

76.0

80.0

88.0

EAF

200

0.0

31.3

47.9

60.4

400

0.0

35.6

62.2

73.3

800

0.0

56.0

72.0

84.0

  1. DW, distilled water; ALB, albendazole; CME, crude methanol extracts; BF, butanol fraction; EAF, ethyl acetate fraction