Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (8): 3690-3700.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.08.013

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Plant Extracts with Anti-Coccidial Properties

ZHEN Aoning1,2(), LI Senyang1,2, CHEN Longfei3, LI Juanfeng1,2, JIAN Fuchun1,2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety Control of Poultry Products(Zhengzhou), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhengzhou 450046, China
    3. Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Yongcheng City, Yongcheng 476600, China
  • Received:2024-10-22 Online:2025-08-23 Published:2025-08-28
  • Contact: JIAN Fuchun E-mail:1324114378@qq.com;jfchun2008@163.com

Abstract:

Coccidiosis is one of the common intestinal parasitic diseases in animals, seriously threatening animal production and the healthy development of the livestock industry, causing huge economic losses every year. In the past, the prevention and control of coccidiosis mainly relied on chemical drugs and immunization methods, but with the continuous increase of coccidia′s drug resistance and the continuous promotion of the "reduction and replacement of antibiotics" policy, plant extracts, as a green and efficient alternative to antibiotics, have attracted widespread attention. This review summarizes the common plant extracts with anticoccidial activity and the anticoccidial mechanisms of plant extracts, in addition, it elaborates on the shortcomings of plant extract research in the field of anti-coccidiosis. These results provide basic informations for the application of plant extracts in the prevention and control of coccidiosis. This review proposes that the application of plant extracts as functional feed additives for anti-coccidiosis is one of the main development directions in the future, which will lay a solid foundation for the healthy development of anti-coccidiosis plant extracts industry.

Key words: coccidiosis, plant extracts, feed additives, action mechanism

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