OVERVIEW OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENT IN IMMUNOMODULATION STRATEGIES AGAINST AVIAN COCCIDIOSIS

Abstract

Coccidiosis is one of the major diseases striking the poultry flocks and leading to huge losses and, thus, hasdirect impact on the economics of this ever growing poultry industry. During the past 70 years, researches have gone through many ways to controlthis threatening parasitic diseaseand, surely, the success of this industry today is largely due to the efforts made by them. Among the twoeffective controls for this problem are anticoccidial drugs and vaccines. Now researchers are also working on different plants and phytogenic productsto use them against coccidiosis through feed. As the use of therapeutic drugs is being condemned all over the world, there are two options left to overcome the disease i.e.the use of vaccines and anticoccidial plant products.A comprehensive comparison and application potential of the reviewed strategies are presented.