Assessment of low doses of Eimeria tenella sporulated oocysts on the biochemical parameters and intestinal microflora of chickens

Authors

IVA LANGROVÁ
DARINA CHODOVA
EVA TUMOVA
BARBORA HORAKOVA
ROMANA KREJCIROVA
MARTINA SASKOVA
ROMAN SVEJSTIL
IVANA JANKOVSKA
JAROSLAV VADLEJCH
ZUZANA CADKOVA
IVANA KNIZKOVA
STANISLAVA NECHYBOVA

DOI

10.3906/vet-1704-68

Abstract

This study was carried out to evaluate the biochemical parameters and intestinal microflora in broilers with low doses of Eimeria tenella. Birds from the experimental groups were orally infected with 500 (GI) or 1000 (GII) sporulated oocysts of E. tenella and then examined for weight gain, biochemical indicators, and microbiota on day 9 and 16 after infection. Experimental infection of E. tenella on day 9 post infection (pi) increased concentrations of uric acid, cholesterol, triacylglycerols, and glucose; however, these measurements did not differ from those of the control group on day 16 pi. On day 16 pi, bifidobacteria counts were lower in both infected groups, whereas E. coli counts were higher in GII than in GI and the control group. Statistical differences were not observed when average weight gains between the infected and noninfected groups were compared.

Keywords

Eimeria tenella, subclinical coccidiosis, broilers, experimental infection, biochemical parameters

First Page

76

Last Page

81

Recommended Citation

LANGROVÁ, IVA; CHODOVA, DARINA; TUMOVA, EVA; HORAKOVA, BARBORA; KREJCIROVA, ROMANA; SASKOVA, MARTINA; SVEJSTIL, ROMAN; JANKOVSKA, IVANA; VADLEJCH, JAROSLAV; CADKOVA, ZUZANA; KNIZKOVA, IVANA; and NECHYBOVA, STANISLAVA (2019) "Assessment of low doses of Eimeria tenella sporulated oocysts on the biochemical parameters and intestinal microflora of chickens," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 43: No. 1, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1704-68
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol43/iss1/10