CONTROL OF BALANTIDIUM COLI INFECTION IN SWINE WITH HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACTS OF WORMWOOD (Artemisia absinthium L.) AND TAGETES (Tagetes patula)
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https://doi.org/10.1199/9qqez295Keywords:
Balantioides coli, wormwood, tagetes, pigsAbstract
Experimental research on the effect of hydroalcoholic extracts of antiparasitic wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.) and tagetes (Tagetes patula) in B. coli infection in pigs, carried out during March and June 2020 on a total of 64 pigs aged 3 to 4 months, male and female, from actual maintained extensive, low input systems, have led to the following: In the case of the hydroalcoholic extract of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.), B. coli infection extensity decreased from 60% to 30% after 7 days post-treatment and 20% respectively at 14- and 28-days post-treatment, and the values of CPG decreased from 350(±111.80) at 266,67(±16.67); 175(±25) at 50 after 7, 14- and 28-days post-treatment. In the case of the hydroalcoholic extract of tagetes (Tagetes patula) B. coli infection extensity increased from an initial value of 50 % (23.7-76.3) to 60% (31.3-83.2) after 7- and 14-days post-treatment and 70% respectively on day 28, and the values of CPG dropped from 240 (±119.79) (pre-treatment) to 78.57 (±14.87), at the end of the experiment. In the control group, the extensity B. coli infection ranged between 58.3 (32-87.7) and 66.7 (39.1-86.2) %, and infection intensity ranged between 263 (±71.18) and 363 (±88.01) CPG.References
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