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1 September 2005 Evaluation of Dietary Natustat™ for Control of Histomonas meleagridis in Male Turkeys on Infected Litter
C. F. Duffy, M. D. Sims, R. F. Power
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Abstract

Histomoniasis (histomonosis, infectious enterohepatitis, or blackhead) is a disease of turkeys on litter or range caused by the protozoan Histomonas meleagridis, a parasite of worms, primarily spread in feces, in Heterakis gallinarum (cecal worm) eggs, or in Eisenia foetida (earthworms). In this trial, Natustat™ (Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, KY), a proprietary plant-derived product, was used at 1.925 kg/tonne and compared with nitarsone in male hybrid turkey diets to 42 days of age on histomonad infected litter (day 7) from broiler breeders. Infected nonsupplemented and uninfected nonsupplemented control groups were also included. Natustat™ and nitarsone significantly improved 28- and 42-day feed conversion ratios and lowered 28- and 35-day cecal and liver lesion scores compared with infected nonsupplemented turkeys. The body weight at 42 days was greater in the Natustat™ and nitarsone supplemented groups than in the infected nonsupplemented group.

C. F. Duffy, M. D. Sims, and R. F. Power "Evaluation of Dietary Natustat™ for Control of Histomonas meleagridis in Male Turkeys on Infected Litter," Avian Diseases 49(3), 423-425, (1 September 2005). https://doi.org/10.1637/7344-022105R2.1
Received: 21 February 2005; Accepted: 1 March 2005; Published: 1 September 2005
KEYWORDS
Histomonas meleagridis
natural control
Natustat
turkeys
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