Plant Essential Oil and Coccidiosis
Plant Essential Oil and Coccidiosis
An outbreak of coccidiosis in a poultry flock
has a very high negative and economical impact on the flock as well as for the
poultry producer. There is an immediate and considerable drop in production
figures and the recovery and reestablishment period after treatment is slow.
Some flocks never fully recover or regain their full production potential.
Hence, it is a well-recognised fact that treatment alone cannot prevent the
economical losses. It is well-established within the poultry sector that the
only choice is therefore prevention of the disease. However, an effective and
sustainable prevention and control programme against the disease is not easy.
Coccidiosis is particularly difficult to combat
because several different species of Eimeria exist in the field. Poultry may
become infected with different species because the immunity that develops after
infection is specific only to one species. Eimeria has a very complex life cycle that
involves many developmental stages within the host cells. Each Eimeria type is able
to infect only one host species and they each attack different segments of the
intestine in their host.
The disease carries losses for the producer in
the form of mortalities, reduced market value of the affected birds and
sometimes culling or delayed slaughter time. Another predisposing factor is the confined host-rearing conditions, which lead to an increase in
the numbers of oocysts, which are ingested by poultry via the litter. These
lead to destruction of the integrity of the intestinal mucosae and interfere
with nutrient absorption, ultimately causing diarrhoea, which in turn causes
high medication costs. Ultimately, all these setbacks lead to huge losses for
the producer.
We have the very solution, plant essential oil--Ore-Pro, not only as a replacement
for coccidiostats and antibiotic growth promoters, but which can also provide
many other benefits that bring a better productivity and animal health.
Ore-Pro is a natural feed additive used in
husbandary animal production. It improves performance and weightgain of poultry and pig production and reduce mortality and loss leaded by diseasein and disorder of intestine. Its active
components effectively can restrain pathogenic bacteria, which include both gram
positive and gram negative bacteria upon contact within the gut of the animals.