Recommended Chinese herbal medicine formulas for adding to chicken feed
Some Chinese herbal medicines have effects such as clearing heat and detoxifying. If added to chicken feed scientifically and in appropriate amounts, they can regulate and stimulate the body, secrete or release immune active substances such as interferon and phagocytes, directly or indirectly kill bacteria and viruses, and greatly improve the immunity and disease resistance of chickens
????1. For the prevention and protection of chicken parasitic diseases.
Formula 1: Eclipta prostrata, Euphorbia humifusa, Commelina communis, Patrinia scabiosaefolia, and Potentilla discolor in equal parts, decocted in water to obtain the juice, can prevent chicken coccidiosis. For 20-day-old chickens, use 6 grams of fresh material per bird for prevention and 8 grams of fresh material per bird for treatment, mixed into the feed; for 1-month-old chickens, use 8 grams of fresh material per bird for prevention and 10 grams of fresh material per bird for treatment, mixed into the feed. The protection rate against coccidiosis can reach 100%, and the cure rate reaches 98%.
Formula 2: Dandelion, Patrinia scabiosaefolia, Eclipta prostrata, Euphorbia humifusa, Commelina communis, and Cirsium japonicum in equal parts, decocted in an appropriate amount of water to make juice and mixed into the feed, or directly chopped and fed. For 6-8 week old chickens, the dosage is 10 grams of fresh material per bird, once a day, for 3 consecutive days. The protection and cure rate against chicken coccidiosis can reach 95%.
Formula 3: Dichroa febrifuga 2500 grams, Sophora flavescens 1850 grams, Artemisia annua 1000 grams, Bupleurum chinense, charred Sanguisorba officinalis, and Imperata cylindrica root 900 grams each. Decoct 3 times with an appropriate amount of distilled water, and concentrate the 3 decoctions to 2800 milliliters; alternatively, grind the above medicines, mix them, and sift for later use. To prevent chicken coccidiosis, add the medicinal powder at 0.5% of the feed amount and let the chickens eat freely for 5 consecutive days. If used to treat coccidiosis, first dilute the original medicinal liquid to 4 times the amount, add 4000 milliliters of the diluted medicinal liquid to every 15 kilograms of feed, mix well, and use for 8 consecutive days. The above two medication methods have a prevention and cure rate of 90%-97% against chicken coccidiosis.
????2. For the prevention and protection of chicken viral diseases.
Formula 1: Chop garlic leaves, onion leaves, or chive leaves, mix into the feed, and let chicks eat freely, 2-3 times a week, which can prevent Newcastle disease in chickens.
Formula 2: Buffalo horn (filed into powder), wild chrysanthemum, Isatis root, Isatis leaf, Rehmannia root, Codonopsis pilosula, Scrophularia ningpoensis, and honeysuckle 300 grams each, licorice and Coptis chinensis 20 grams each, Ophiopogon japonicus 45 grams. Decoct with an appropriate amount of water for 1 hour, take the medicinal liquid and add 25 liters of cool boiled water, mix into the feed of 700-800 adult chickens, and use for 3 consecutive days, which can prevent and treat infectious bursal disease in chickens.
Formula 3: Isatis root, Astragalus membranaceus, and Epimedium in a ratio of 2:2:1. Add at 1% of the feed amount to feed chickens for 3-4 consecutive days, which can prevent and treat infectious bursal disease in chickens.
Formula 4: Stemona root, honeysuckle, Forsythia suspensa, Isatis root, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Gardenia jasminoides, Scutellaria baicalensis, apricot kernel, and licorice in equal parts. Grind the above medicines into powder, add at 1% of the feed amount to feed chickens for 3 consecutive days. The control effect on chicken bronchitis is 85%-90%.
Formula 5: Ephedra and Isatis leaf 300 grams each, gypsum 250 grams, prepared Pinellia ternata, Forsythia suspensa, Coptis chinensis, and honeysuckle 200 grams each, dandelion, Scutellaria baicalensis, apricot kernel, Ophiopogon japonicus, and Morus alba bark 150 grams each, chrysanthemum and Platycodon grandiflorus 100 grams each, licorice 50 grams. Grind the above medicines into powder and mix evenly. Mix into the feed at 0.5-0.6 grams per chicken per day and feed for 3-5 consecutive days. The prevention rate against infectious bronchitis in chickens can reach 100%.
Formula 6: Astragalus membranaceus, Codonopsis pilosula, Areca catechu, Dryopteris crassirhizoma, Polygonum multiflorum, and Crataegus pinnatifida 60 grams each, cinnamon 20 grams. Grind the above medicines into powder, mix evenly, and mix into the feed of 100 adult chickens, 3 times a day, for 3-4 consecutive days. It has a very good preventive, protective, and therapeutic effect on fowl pox
, with an effective rate of 90%-95%.
????3. For the prevention and protection of chicken bacterial diseases.
Formula 1: Raw Descurainia sophia seed powder, mixed into the feed at 1 gram per adult chicken per day for 3 consecutive days, can effectively prevent fowl cholera in chickens.
Formula 2: Astragalus membranaceus, dandelion, wild chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, Isatis root, Pueraria lobata, and realgar 350 grams each, Agastache rugosa, dark plum, Angelica dahurica, and rhubarb 250 grams each, Atractylodes lancea 200 grams. Grind the above medicines together into powder. Mix into the feed at 1.5% of the feed amount daily and feed for 3 consecutive days. The cure rate for fowl cholera in chickens is 98%-100%.
Formula 3: Atractylodes macrocephala 15 grams, white peony root 10 grams, Pulsatilla chinensis 5 grams. Grind the above medicines together into powder. Mix into the feed at 0.2 grams per chicken per day and feed for 7 consecutive days. The prevention and protection rate against pullorum disease in chickens can reach 98%.
Formula 4: Crataegus pinnatifida 120 grams, Coptis chinensis, Atractylodes macrocephala, white peony root, Poria cocos, red peony root, Areca catechu, and Chinese yam 90 grams each, wine-processed rhubarb 60 grams, licorice 10 grams. Grind the above medicines into powder. Mix 75 grams of this medicinal powder into every 500 grams of chicken feed and use for 3-5 consecutive days, which can better prevent and treat pullorum disease in chickens.
Formula 5: Mix 0.1% Fagopyrum cymosum powder into chicken feed, which can better prevent and treat pullorum disease in chickens.
Formula 6: Talcum powder 80 grams, Arctium lappa fruit 45 grams, rhubarb, Forsythia suspensa, and Isatis root 30 grams each, Scutellaria baicalensis, Mentha haplocalyx, Scrophularia ningpoensis, Cimicifuga foetida, Bupleurum chinense, Platycodon grandiflorus, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, and Indigo naturalis 25 grams each, tangerine peel, Coptis chinensis, and Lasiosphaera seu Calvatia 20 grams each, licorice 15 grams. Grind the above medicines, sift, and mix evenly. Mix 500 grams of this medicinal powder into every 75 kilograms of feed and feed to chickens, which can effectively prevent and treat staphylococcal disease in chickens.
????4. For the prevention and protection of chicken fungal diseases.
Formula 1: Honeysuckle and Forsythia suspensa 30 grams each, Raphanus sativus seed (fried) 30 grams, Bupleurum chinense 18 grams, Scutellaria baicalensis and Moutan cortex 15 grams each, Morus alba bark, Eriobotrya japonica leaf, and licorice 12 grams each. Decoct the above medicines with an appropriate amount of water to obtain 1000 milliliters of juice. Mix into the feed of 500 chickens in 4 divided doses daily, 1 dose per day, for 4 consecutive days. The control effect on aspergillosis in chickens is 98%-100%.
Formula 2: Mix garlic paste into the feed at 5 grams per chicken, twice a day, for 2-3 consecutive days, which can better prevent and treat aspergillosis in chickens.
Xu Jingjing