The virucidal potentials of Tapinanthus globiferus: A Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Geartn epiphytes (whole plant) extract in experimental bronchitis in broiler chicken
Journal: Journal of Bioscience and Biotechnology Discovery
Year: 2021

Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) belongs to the family Coronaviridae; genus Coronavirus, together with turkey coronavirus and nine species of mammalian viruses. The Tapinanthus globiferus: A Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Geartn epiphytes (whole plant) was prepared and cold extracted using 70% methanol. Acute toxicity studies using set of 36 number of four weeks old apparently healthy chickens grouped into six categories (A-F) was performed. Total numbers of 30, four weeks old broiler chickens were g