Abstract
To determine the efficacy of Pseuderanthemum palatiferum powder, a processed Vietnamese medicinal plant,
on treating diarrhea in piglets comparing with two prevalent effective antibiotics against piglets’ diarrhea: Colinorgen
and Cotrimxazol. The experiment including three treatments was carried out in the pig householders in
My Thuan and Thuan An village . The results showed that:
The recovered rate after three days of treatment of pseuderanthemum palatiferum powder, Coli- norgen
and Cotrimxazol were 92.86 %, 90.48% and 83.33 % respectively; the relapsed rate :7.14%, 9.52% and
14.29%; the duration of diarrhea : 2.16 days, 2.24 days and 2.03 days respectively. There were no significant
difference between treatments on these parameters.
The diarrhea causative agent was E.coli (100%). Population of E.coli in diarrheic piglets'feces after 3
days of treatment was reduced: with pseuderanthemum palatiferum powder: 88.06%,Coli- norgen : 66.41% and
Cotrimxazol: 97.28%