Susceptibility of Bovans chicks to low dietary levels of Ammi visnaga and Artemisia herba-alba

Ammi visnaga seeds and Artemisia herba-alba shoots were fed to 7-d-old Bovans chicks at 2% and 10% of diet for 9w. The 10% A visnaga seed was toxic but not lethal to chicks and caused a consistent reduced body weight gain, inefficient feed utilization, enterohepatonephropathy, anemia, and a Iterations of serum aspartate transaminase and creatine kinase activities and cholesterol, total lipid and uric acid concentrations. The depression in growth and damage to vital organs of chicks fed 10% A herba-alba shoots 2% A visnaga seed, or 2% A herba-alba shoots were less marked.