Open AccessRole of Herbal Immunomodulators in Control of Coccidiosis Disease
Author(s) -
Muhammad Mansoor,
Muhammad S Jamil,
Asghar Ali,
Haroon Shahzad,
Rizwan-ul Haq,
Aftab Ahmad Awan,
Jaweria Gul
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of scientific and industrial research. series b: biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2223-2567
pISSN - 2221-6421
DOI - 10.52763/pjsir.biol.sci.60.3.2017.176.182
Subject(s) - coccidiosis , traditional medicine , biology , antiprotozoal , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , medicine , veterinary medicine , biochemistry , in vitro
Herbal plants and their derivatives have been utilized since antiquity in the control and managementof poultry coccidiosis. The best known herbal plants in use against coccidiosis are corn, wheat bran, ricebran, polysaccharides, soya bean, barley, oat, extracts of grape seed, Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz, Pulsatillakoreana, Sinomenium acutum, Ulmus macrocarpa, Dichroafe brifuga and other botanical antioxidantswhich contain many active compounds. These compounds have been found to possess antiprotozoal, anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Currently demand and utilization of these aforesaidherbs has increased because these have been proved successful and effective in control of coccidiosis, eco-friendly and economical. The effective potential of these herbals and derivatives to have been reviewedovercome coccidiosis effectively in a better way than other synthetic products against which resistancehas been developed.