Use of Dysphania ambrosioides (Taimborotsiloza) as an antiparasitic in traditional poultry farming in the commune of Imerintsiatosika (Analamanga region)

Although an important lever for rural development, village poultry farming faces several challenges that impact its growth in general and poultry performance in particular. Parasitic, viral, and bacterial diseases strongly impact poultry production. Limited access to veterinary drugs, is a real problem in rural areas. This study aims to highlight the effectiveness of Dysphania ambrosioides as a dewormer in poultry and a factor in improving weight gain. For this purpose, 30 traditional poultry farms, divided into three batches, with 10 farms per batch, were monitored over 6 months. From 3 batches, we had a control batch (LT) using mineral water as a dewormer, a case batch (LD) using Dysphania ambrosioides as a dewormer, and a positive batch (LL) using levamisole as a dewormer. From the results obtained, it appears that Dysphania ambrosioides does indeed have an antiparasitic role in general and more specifically on the parasite Ascaridia galli. Whose OPG reduction rate is 95% between D0 and D15. Furthermore, a significant difference (p=0.00) was observed for the weight gain of poultry from the different batches over the study period. For an average weight per batch of 34.8g before deworming, four months later, the LD poultry had an average weight of 634.5 g, while that of the LL was 508.2g, and that of the LT, or batch of non-dewormed poultry, was 392.8g.