Effect of carica papaya seeds on gastro-intestinal parasites of pullet and production parameters

Copyright © 2017 by New Century Health Publishers, LLC. Parasitic diseases are known to impair poultry production. So, mean measure to cope with them is the use of veterinary pharmaceutical products those high cost and residues formation in eggs and meat lead to the use of others strategies like plant and plant product. Plants like Azadirachta indica, Combretum sp have been used by several authors to reduce helminthes load of pullets. The present study was carried out in order to evaluate anthelminthic effect of papaw seeds collected from fruits sellers, dried under ambient temperature and incorporated into feed. Two hundred (200) day-old chicks male Isa-brown reared up to 30 days were divided randomly into five groups (L0, L0.5, L1, L2 and LCP). L0, L0.5, L1 and L2 were respectively fed with diet containing 0%, 0.5%; 1 and 2% of papaw seed while pullets of Lcp group received Citrate of piperazine mixed to water. Results show that groups treated with Carica seed has obtained 100% of reduction rate while Lcp and L0 obtained respectively 69.23% and -623.07%. The chicks of L0.5 L1 and L2 were heavier than those of L0 and Lcp. It can be concluded that papaw seed reduces significantly parasitic population in pullets' gut.

Publication year:2017