Authors : Warda S. Abdel Gadir , Abeer M. Ali and Amel O. Bakhiet
Abstract: The Sudanese Cassia italica fruits and Ocimum bacilicum leaves, used in local traditional medicine for the treatment of various ailments, were fed to male Bovans - type chicks at 10% of the standard diet for 2 weeks. A mixture (5+5%) of the two plants was also fed to chicks for a similar period. No death among the chicks fed the test diets was observed during the period of the experiment. Depression in growth, soft faeces and hepatonephrotoxicity were observed in chicks fed a diet containing 10% of O. bacilicum leaves. These findings were correlated with alterations in serum constituents and haematology. Impairment of growth, soft faeces and hepatotoxicity were also described in chicks fed 10% of Cassia italica fruits and 5% mixture of two plants.
Warda S. Abdel Gadir , Abeer M. Ali and Amel O. Bakhiet , 2006. Susceptibility of Bovans Chicks to Low Levels of Dietary Cassia Italica Fruits and Ocimum basilicum Leaves or their Mixture. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 5: 468-471.