AMELIOTIVE EFFECTS OF PANCHAGAVYA ON RD IN LAYER CHICKEN
Dear friend, I have personally used this Panchagavya in broiler farms in Jharkhand in more than 50 broiler farms situated nearby Jamshedpur, and has got marvelous result in case of RD infection. The purpose of the article which has been experimentally executed by the vet scientists named written in reference ,is to bring this result practices among common people perview. I request to all concerned poultry people to use this at their level in commercial poultry farms n let us know the efficacy
INTRODUCTION
Poultry farming is always prone to a heavy risk of increased disease incidences leading to high mortality even after scheduled mass vaccination. Sustained economically viable poultry production demands the stringent control of various infectious diseases affecting
the birds which incur huge economic losses to the poultry farm owners. Among the infectious diseases, Newcastle disease is a deadly viral disease of poultry due to its high contagiousness and rapid spreading among chicken and other domestic and semi-domestic species of birds.
Newcastle disease vaccination is routine in commercial chicken flocks in most Asian countries. It is known that vaccination of poultry provides an excellent means to lessen clinical signs of infection caused by virulent Newcastle disease virus (NDV) (Kapczynski and King, 2005). Large number of reports are available on outbreak of Newcastle disease (ND) resulting in alarming economic losses mainly due to vaccination failure state even after programmed vaccination schedules have been used (Chakraborty and Chatterjee, 1998). To overcome these conditions modulation of microenvironment of the immune system seems to be essential. This can be achieved by immunomodulator or immunostimulating compounds. Immuno-modulators by definition are inherently non-specific in nature as they are envisaged to enhance body resistance against infection. They can act through innate and adoptive immune response. Immunomodulation of bird may lead to increased antibody production, increased cellular immune response and increased macrophage phagocytic activity which positively correlates with enhanced resistance to various viral and bacterial infections (Liu, 1999).
PANCHAGAVYA—–
Panchagavya is a term used to describe five major substances, obtained from cow, which include cow’s urine, milk, ghee, curd and dung. All the five substances possess medicinal properties against many disorders and are used for the medicinal purpose singly or in
combination with some other herbs (Dhama et al., 2005). It also has antibiotic, antifungal and antiviral effects in addition to increasing bioavailability of other medicines (Natarajan, 2003). Panchagavya have been used in many applications as growth promoter in poultry industry (Mathivanan et al., 2006; Sumithra et al., 2011). Though considerable literature is available on Panchagavya and its therapeutic use in human and laboratory animals, there is no proved data of its antiviral efficacy in poultry.
Preparation of Panchagavya
The Panchagavya was prepared by using cow dung -5 parts, urine -3 parts, milk -2 parts, curd -2 parts, ghee -1 part, sugarcane juice -3 parts, tender coconut water -3 parts, ripened banana -12 Nos, and yeast powder -250 mg. as per the method described by Natarajan (2003). The dung, urine, milk, curd and ghee were obtained from indigenous cow. The fresh dung was thoroughly mixed with ghee in a wide mouth mud pot and kept for three days. The above mixture was thoroughly mixed once a day. On the fourth day, other ingredients were added to the contents of the mud pot, mixed properly, and covered with nylon net to prevent the entry of flies. This preparation was kept in shaded place and subjected to thorough, uniform mixing twice a day. The above mixture was allowed for fermentation up to 21 days.
MODUS OPERANDI–
The Ameliorative effect of panchagavya on clinical manifestation of Newcastle
disease in layer chicken was assessed. Panchagavya was incorporated in the
basal diet at three levels (0.5, 0.6 and 0.7 per cent) and fed to six groups (T3 to T8) and two groups (T1 to T2) were served as controls. Vaccination against
Newcastle disease was carried out in 4 groups (T2, T6, T7 and T8) and the
remaining four groups (T1, T3, T4 and T5) were not vaccinated. The mean HI
titre values at 16 wk of age in Panchagavya fed and vaccinated group (T6, T7
and T8) showed significant difference with vaccinated group (T2). The
unvaccinated control (T1) and Panchagavya fed and unvaccinated groups (T3, T4
and T5) showed nil titre. All these groups were challenged with virulent
Newcastle disease virus (NDV) at the age of 17th week. The incubation period
was short in unvaccinated control group (T1) compared to other groups (T2 to
T8). The birds of unvaccinated control group (T1) and Panchagavya fed and unvaccinated groups (T3, T4 and T5) showed dullness, depression, loss of
appetite, gasping, inhalation through half opened mouth, ocular-nasal discharge,
partial or complete closure of eyes, greenish watery diarrhea and sudden death.
In vaccinated control group (T2), dullness, depression and anorexia with
greenish watery diarrhea were observed in nine out of twelve birds where as in
Panchagavya fed and vaccinated groups (T6 and T7), showed similar symptoms
in two out of twelve birds. Highest (100%) and lowest (8.3%) mortality were
observed in unvaccinated control (T1) and Panchagavya fed and vaccinated
groups (T6 and T7), respectively. No mortality was observed in T8 as compared
to 16.6 per cent mortality in T2 group. The haemagglutination activity in pooled
organ samples from dead birds of different groups revealed high titre in
vaccinated (T2) as well as vaccinated and panchgavya supplemented groups (T6
and T7) compared to other groups. From the above experiment, it was
concluded that Panchagavya minimized the clinical manifestation and severity
of Newcastle disease in layer chicken when used along with Newcastle disease
immunization programme.
Conclusion
The result of this study shows that the resistance against NDV was better when panchagavya was used along with immunization programme than the vaccination alone. Based on this study we recommend that in layer chicken vaccination programme should be supplemented with panchagaya for maximum protection against NDV infection.
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Reference —–A Sumithra, P Srinivasan*, GA Balasubramaniam, TR Gopalakrishna Murthy and P Balachandran
