Beta
38685

Concurrent Use of Tilmicosine and Thyme Oil in Treatment of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in Chickens

Article

Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

Pharmacology

Abstract

The objective of this study is designed to clarify the effect of tilmicosin and thyme oil on treatment of chronic respiratory disease in broiler chickens. Eighty one-day old chicks tested negative Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG). On the 22th day of age the chicks were divided into five equal groups Gp. (1) non infected non treated ( control ),  but chicks in Gp. (2, 3, 4, and 5) at22th day of age were inoculated with 0.2ml of MG broth into air sac. Gp (1) non infected non treated ( control), Gp.(2) infected non treated, Gp.(3)infected treated with thyme oil 200 ppm for 5 successive days, Gp.(4) infected treated with tilmicosin 25 mg⁄kg for 5 successive days. andGp.(5) infected treated with both thyme oil and tilmicosin in same dose and period. At 1st and 7th day post treatment all chicks in all groups were weighed and blood samples were collected for hematobiochemical studies, biochemical studies and phagocytic activity. The clinical signs observed ininfected broilers chickens were poor appetite, depression, nasal discharge, mild conjunctivitis, sneezing, coughing, gasping, rales and mortalities were 20%.  Our results revealed that infected non treated chicks showed significant decrease in body weight gain, RBCs, Hb, PCV, WBCs, T.Protein, albumin and globuln beside significant increase in AST, ALT, creatinine, uric acid, phagocytic activity and phagocytic index at 1st day post treatment. Treated infected broilers chickens with tilmicosin and thyme oil showed improvements in clinical signs, mortalities and body weight beside improvement in hematobiochemical and biochemical parameters and phagocytic activity post treatment. The pathological examination of internal organs of MG infected broiler chickens showed severe pathological lesions in lung, liver, kidney and heart. But infected broiler chickens treated with both thyme oil and tilmicosin is induced marked improvement in the pathological changes.  It could be concluded that the concurrent use of both thyme oil and tilmicosin is a useful mean to treat and control CRD in broiler chicks.  Thyme oil can be used as an assistant factor to retard CRD in broiler chicks due to its immune enhancer and growth promoter properties.

DOI

10.21608/bvmj.2018.38685

Keywords

Tilmicosine and Thyme Oil, Mycoplasma Gallisepticum, chickens

Authors

First Name

Elsayed

Last Name

A. Abdel-aziz

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Pharmacology Dept., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zgazig University, Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Sawsan

Last Name

M.

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Pharmacology Dept., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zgazig University, Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

El-Shaikh,

Last Name

Emam

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Pharmacology Dept., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zgazig University, Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

E.

Last Name

E.

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Pharmacology Dept., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zgazig University, Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Nasralla

Last Name

.

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Animal Health Research Institute, Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

A.

Last Name

E

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Animal Health Research Institute, Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

35

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

5726

Issue Date

2018-09-01

Receive Date

2019-07-03

Publish Date

2018-09-01

Page Start

236

Page End

249

Print ISSN

1110-6581

Link

https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_38685.html

Detail API

https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=38685

Order

25

Type

Original Article

Type Code

812

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Benha Veterinary Medical Journal

Publication Link

https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Concurrent Use of Tilmicosine and Thyme Oil in Treatment of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in Chickens

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023