Progress on Preventing and Controlling Chicken Coccidiosis Using Chinese Medicinal Herbs

Chicken coccidiosis is a kind of protozoa disease and caused by a fewEimeriaspecies which para-sitize inintestinal epithelial cells,andit causes huge economic loss to poultryindustry.All the ti me,anti-biotics and chemical synthesis medicine were used as main measure to control it,but drug resistance andresiduesin vivohasn't still been solved until now.Comparatively,the Chinese medicinal herbs are not easyforEimeriato produce drug resistance andits poisonous side-effect is low,its residuesis little.In practice,it has been confirmedthat many Chinese medicinal herbs have the efficacy againstEimeria.Presently,theresearches on the practice of the Chinese medicinal herb compound preparations and the efficacy of theircomponent againstEimeriaand mechanismof preventing andtreating coccidiosis have beenfurther conduc-ted.With the abundantly natural resource and the unique pharmacological function of the Chinese medici-nal herbs,the prospect of researching and developing them will be opti mistic.