EMPIRICAL STUDY ON TREATING COCCIDIOSIS IN BROILERS WITH EUCLEA DIVINORUM LEAF EXTRACTS: POULTRY FARM, FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FORESTRY JOS, NIGERIA

Abstract

The research investigated how the use of a water-based extract from Euclea divinorum leaves can impact the treatment of Coccidiosis in Broiler chickens. One hundred and twenty (120) broilers were experimentally infected with Eimeria tenella and split into 4 categories T1, T2, T3, and T4, each containing three (3) duplicates. Water-based extract of Euclea divinorum was administered at 5%, 10%, 20% and 0% inclusion levels, in treatments T₁, T₂, T₃and T₄ (control), respectively. Statistical methods and procedures used in this study include photochemistry, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and descriptive statistics. A study of the chemicals in Euclea divinorum found the existence of alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, phenol, glycosides, and a steroid ring.   These substances are known for their beneficial healing properties.  ANOVA showed a significant difference between different inclusion levels of Euclea divinorum and their effects in the treatment of Coccidiosis. The reported mortality rates for treatments T1, T2, T3, and T4 were monitored and the estimates are 16.7% (5), 10% (3), 56.7% (17) and 66.7% (20), respectively. Thus, Euclea divinorium has great potentials for the treatment and control Coccidiosis in broilers. This study recommends increased cultivation and utilization of medicinal plants, intensive research on the therapeutic effects of plant extracts, subsidized medical supplies and improved extension services.