title: Experimental Azadirachta indica toxicosis in chicks.
abstract: Brown Hisex chicks were fed Azadirachta indica ripe fruit at 2, 5 or 10% of basic diet from their 7th to 35th d of age. Decreased body weight gain and efficiency of feed utilization and hepatonephropathy were most severe in chicks fed the 10% A indica diet. These changes were accompanied by anemia and increases in LDH, GOT and ALP activities and uric acid concentration and by decreased serum total protein. Hepatocytes and renal tubular cells did not completely revert to normal 2 w after removal from the test diets.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Omer
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Khalid
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Adam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002645:Chickens; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit / Q000633:toxicity; D006403:Hematologic Tests; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*