Korean Journal of Veterinary Research (대한수의학회지)

The Korean Society of Veterinary Science (대한수의학회)
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Anticoccidial effects of an extract of Artemisia annua on the Eimeria tenella

Artemisia annua 추출액의 Eimeria tenella에 대한 항콕시듐 효과

  • Oh, Hwa-gyun (Dept. of Parasitology, College of Vet. Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Youn, Hee-jeong (Dept. of Parasitology, College of Vet. Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Noh, Jae-wuk (Bayer Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Bayer Vetchem(Korea)) ;
  • Jang, Du-hwan (Dept. of Parasitology, College of Vet. Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kang, Yung-bai (Veterinary Research Institute in RDA)
  • 오화균 (서울대학교 수의과대학 기생충학교실) ;
  • 윤희정 (서울대학교 수의과대학 기생충학교실) ;
  • 노재욱 (한국바이엘화학(주) 동물의약연구소) ;
  • 장두환 (서울대학교 수의과대학 기생충학교실) ;
  • 강영배 (가축위생연구소)
  • Received : 1994.10.18
  • Published : 1995.01.31
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Abstract

The herb, Artemisia(A) annua, a member of the composital family, has been used successfully for malaria(Plasmodium sp) patients in china. Since the genera of Plasmodium and Eimeria(E) tenella are related, it is presumed that A annua may also be effective against E tenella. In order to study the anticoccidial effects of A annua the chickens inoculated with E tenella were treated with the extract of A annua in drinking water and the results were compared to those of non-medicated, infected control(NIC) and non-medicated, non-infected control(NNC) group. A annua demonstrated anticoccidial effects by showing, compared to NIC group, improved results in all parameters, such as bloody diarrhea, lesion scores, the numbers of excereted oocysts in feces, body weight gain and feed conversion rate. Anticoccidial index(ACI) of the A annua treated group (123.4) was higher than that of NIC group (96.9). These results indicate that Artemisia annua has anticoccidial effects on the Eimeria tenella.

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