Toxoplasmosis is one among the most important zoonotic diseases with a worldwide geographical distribution. All warm blooded animals and human beings can be affected by this disease. Man acquires infection with Toxoplasma gondii by consumption of raw and undercooked infected meat of intermediate hosts like poultry birds, or by ingestion of sporulated oocysts via consumption of contaminated food and water. This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii in free range chickens of district, Faisalabad, Punjab-Pakistan. Overall seroprevalence of T....

Emblica (E.) officinalis is extensively used in Ayurvedic and Chinese herbal medicine. Its fruit is a rich source of different bioactive molecules including alkaloids, carbohydrates, polyphenolics, amino acids, vitamins, tannic acid, ellagotannin, gallic acid, emblicanin A & B, ellagic acid and flavonoids each with different pharmacological activities. In the present study, tannins extracted from E. officinalis were used to investigate its effects on the humoral immune response and protective efficacy against Eimeria infection in chickens. Results revealed significantly higher humoral immune...