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Leucocytozoon sp  (chicken malaria) infection is common amongst poultry in a tropical humid country like Malaysia.  Todate, worldwide, treatment is by drugs, in particular sulphamonomethoxine sodium, an antibiotic. Indications are:   Beginnings of cyanosis - possible spleen damage Normal faces Greenish faeces - rule out Newcastle Disease first. Inflamed and damaged spleen Mortality varies.  If untreated, mortality can reach 30%.   At our farm, we use herbal medication which is grown within the farm: Papaya leaves, hempedu bumi...

  Patawali is a climbing vine and can be planted wherever there's free vertical spaces This is one of the most useful plants at the farm - patawali or tinospora crispa. In Vietnam it is called the "vine with a genie's intelligence".  In the Philippines, it is called, "to give life". The leaves can be used as an insect repellant At our farm, the plant has...