Efficacy Of Aqueous Extract Of Carica papaya Leaf In The Control Of Coccidiosis In Chicken

The study was designed to investigate the potency of Pawpaw (Carica papaya) leaf extract (aqueous) in the treatment of coccidial infection in chicken. Three hundred cockerel chicks (aged four weeks) were used for this study. The experimental chicks were divided into five groups (treatments) of twenty each and replicated thrice. Each group was infected with sporulated oocyst of the cultured coccidian through drinking water. The crude Pawpaw leaves extract was administered intramuscularly at the rate of 2ml, 3ml and 4ml /kg to three groups respectively. Sulpha drug was injected at 0.5ml per kg body weight to the fourth group and the fifth group was not treated, to serve as control. The results of the study showed that there were significant differences in the feed intake and weight gain of chicks on different treatments overtime (