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Animal Sciences

Stephen F. Austin State University

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Coccidiosis

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Responses Of Coccidia-Vaccinated Broilers To Essential Oil Blends Supplementation Up To Forty-Nine Days Of Age, E. O. Oviedo Rondon, S. Clemente-Hernandez, P. Williams, R. Losa Jan 2005

Responses Of Coccidia-Vaccinated Broilers To Essential Oil Blends Supplementation Up To Forty-Nine Days Of Age, E. O. Oviedo Rondon, S. Clemente-Hernandez, P. Williams, R. Losa

Faculty Publications

Coccidiosis control may become a greater problem as the use of growth-promoting antibiotics (GPA) and ionophores declines. Vaccination with live oocysts may turn into a popular alternative to the use of coccidiostats in broilers, although cocci vaccination is frequently linked to temporary lower performance in young flocks. This experiment evaluates the dietary supplementation of 2 specific essential oil (EO) blends (Crina Poultry and Crina Alternate), either as alternatives to GPA and ionophores (BMD + Coban) or as feed additives that help to improve the performance of cocci-vaccinated broilers. Live performance and lesion scores were observed. These 2 specific EO blends …


Eyespray Vaccination: Infectivity And Development Of Immunity To Eimeria Acervulina And Eimeria Tenella, H. David Chapman, Tim E. Cherry Jan 1997

Eyespray Vaccination: Infectivity And Development Of Immunity To Eimeria Acervulina And Eimeria Tenella, H. David Chapman, Tim E. Cherry

Faculty Publications

The infectivity of a coccidiosis vaccine and its ability to immunize chickens against two species of Eimeria was examined. The vaccine was administered to newly-hatched chicks by spraying directly onto the eye. The method resulted in a high proportion of chicks infected with E. acervulina and E. tenella. Vaccinated birds reared in cages in the absence of reinfection did not develop immunity to either species by 4 wk of age, but birds reared in floor pens developed immunity to both E. acervulina and E. tenella.