AVIAN MALARIA AND B-COMPLEX VITAMINS III Para-Amino-Benzoic Acid

Abstract

A study of the biochemical alterations with particular reference to  B-complex vitamins in the blood of P. gallinaceum infected chicken has showll that para-amino-benzoic acid level is increased during the incubatiOn period and registered a fan during the parasitlemic stage thus indicating the need and its ltilisation by the parasite. This is made more evident by following the course of infection in PABA detlcient and supplemented . chicken infected with P. gallinaceum. The appearance of the parasite in the peripheral blood is delayed in the chicken kept on deficient diet while an earlier manifestation of parasitacmia and incrcased severity of the disease is noticed in animals supplemented with high doses of PABA.