Potential of cinnamaldehyde essential oil as a possible antimicrobial against fowl typhoid in layers.

Abstract

Fowl typhoid (FT) is an economically significant bacterial disease of layers leading to a drastic drop in egg production. Due to increased public health concerns about antibiotics in poultry feed, a search for new safe antimicrobials for treating fowl typhoid is crucial. The antimicrobial effect of cinnamaldehyde essential oil (CnEO) against fowl typhoid in layers was investigated in this experiment. The 60-week-old BV300-layer birds (n = 100) were divided into five groups: the non-challenged control group A, only cinnamaldehyde-treated group B (CnEO @ 1:8000 dilutions through drinking water for 60 days), the challenged group C, challenged plus cinnamaldehyde therapy group D (CnEO @ 1:8000 dilutions through drinking water from 16 to 30 dpi), and challenged plus antibiotic therapy group E (chloramphenicol @ 1 gm/5lit through drinking water from 16 to 30 dpi). Hens from all challenged groups were challenged with Salmonella Gallinarum (VTCCBAA588) @ 1 × 108 CFU/ml orally. Various parameters such as clinical signs, mortality, egg production and egg weight, colony-forming unit (CFU) count of cecal content, eggshell surface, and egg yolk were evaluated all through 60 days of an experimental trial. Results indicated that, in the case of the cinnamaldehyde therapeutic group, there was a significant improvement in egg production, mild clinical signs, lower feed conversion ratio (FCR), and a significantly lower bacterial count in ceca and on the eggshell surface compared to the control challenge group. Thus, CnEO @ 1:8000 dilutions through drinking water can be a potential antimicrobial for controlling fowl typhoid.

• Authors: Vaibhav Patil, Madhuri Hedau, Megha Kaore, Shweta Badar, Mukund Kadam, Sandeep Chaudhari, Deepak Rawool, Sukhadeo Barbuddhe, Jess Vergis, Nitin Kurkure
• Journal: Tropical animal health and production (Trop Anim Health Prod) Vol. 55 Issue 2 Pg. 126 (Mar 21 2023) ISSN: 1573-7438 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 36944831 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.

Chemical References

• Oils, Volatile
• Drinking Water
• cinnamaldehyde
• Anti-Infective Agents

Topics

• Animals
• Female
• Oils, Volatile (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Typhoid Fever (microbiology, veterinary)
• Chickens
• Drinking Water
• Poultry Diseases (drug therapy, prevention & control, microbiology)
• Salmonella Infections, Animal (microbiology)
• Ovum
• Anti-Infective Agents