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In vitro anthelmintic activity of Chicory extracts from plants of different vegetative stages on Teladorsagia circumcincta L3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

Z Parrisi ,
S Athanasiadou ,
J G M Houdijk  and
I Kyriazakis
Z Parrisi*
Affiliation:
School of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
S Athanasiadou
Affiliation:
Disease Systems, SAC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
J G M Houdijk
Affiliation:
Disease Systems, SAC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
I Kyriazakis
Affiliation:
Veterinary Faculty, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece
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Email: pz@for.auth.gr
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The consumption of plants rich in plant secondary metabolites has been associated with improved resilience of parasitised hosts, i.e. their ability to perform under parasitic infection, compared to animals fed conventional feeds (Athanasiadou et al., 2007). Furthermore, such bio-active plants can improve host resistance, which refers to the host ability to regulate gastrointestinal nematode establishment, development, fecundity and survival (Athanasiadou et. al. 2008). Chichorium intybus L. (chicory) is such a bio-active forage and its potential anthelmintic activity is currently investigated as an alternative means to control parasitism in sheep production systems. In the present study we employed an in vitro assay to study a possible mechanism of anti-parasitic action arising from chicory, and to test whether this anthelmintic activity is affected by the vegetative stage of the plant.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2009 , April 2009 , pp. 35
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2009

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