Table 1.

The types and a total number of faecal parasites after 18 days supplementation of A. catechu seed and A. cordifolia leave powder alternately every 3-days in 54-week-old laying hens.

	T0	T0.25%	T0.5%	T1.0%
Before supplementation:
Ascaridia galli	1	8	4	0
Railentina cesticillus	7	13	10	11
Tetrameres americana sp.	0	0	0	0
	2 types	2 types	2 types	2 types
After 18 days supplementation:
Ascaridia galli	8	7	4	0
Railentina cesticillus	1	0	0	0
Tetrameres americana sp.	0	0	1	0
	2 types	1 type	2 types	0 types
Reduction or increase in endo-parasites number:
A. galli	87,5% increase	12,5% reduction	constant (4 parasites)	constant (no parasites)
R.cesticillus	85,7% reduction	100% reduction	100% reduction	100% reduction
T. americana sp.	-	-	1 (appear)	-

Each group consisted of 6 hens, with 5 hens in control as one hen had accident and must be excluded.

(T₀): control without supplementation; (T_0.25%): supplemented with 0.25% A. catechu nut and 0.25% A. cordifolia leaves powder; (T_0.5%): supplemented with 0.5% A. catechu nut and 1.0% A. cordifolia leaves powder; (T_1.0%): supplemented with 1.0% A. catechu nut and 1.0% A. cordifolia leaves powder.