Beneficial Effect of Bidens pilosa on Body Weight Gain, Food Conversion Ratio, Gut Bacteria and Coccidiosis in Chickens

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 1; p. e0146141
• Main Authors: Chang, Cicero L. T., Chung, Chih-Yao, Kuo, Chih-Horng, Kuo, Tien-Fen, Yang, Chu-Wen, Yang, Wen-Chin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.01.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural biotechnology; Animal Feed; Animals; Asteraceae; Bacteria; Bacterial infections; Bidens; Bidens pilosa; Biodiversity; Biotechnology industry; Birds; Body weight; Body weight gain; Breeding of animals; Care and treatment; Cecum; Chickens; Clostridium; Cluster Analysis; Coccidiosis; Coccidiosis - veterinary; Conversion; Conversion ratio; Diabetes; Diet; Digestive system; Digestive tract; Disease; Eimeria; Feed conversion; Feeds; Food conversion; Food plants; Food safety; Gastrointestinal diseases; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Gastrointestinal tract; Health aspects; Hemorrhage; Infections; Lactobacillus; Medicinal plants; Microbiota; Nutrition research; Parasites; Pathology; Physiological aspects; Poultry; Poultry diseases; Poultry Diseases - parasitology; Probiotics; Protozoa; Public health; rRNA 16S; Systematic review; Veterinary colleges; Veterinary medicine; Villus; Weight Gain; Zoonoses

In the interests of food safety and public health, plants and their compounds are now re-emerging as an alternative approach to treat gastrointestinal diseases in chickens. Here, we studied the impact of the edible medicinal plant, B. pilosa, on growth performance, gut bacteria and coccidiosis in ch...