Antimicrobial properties of musa paradisiaca and piper betle Against escherichia coli

Colibacillosis is one of the important diseases affecting the majority of poultry industry. Colibacillosis is caused by Escherichia coli commonly affected all age groups of chicken and highly infectious to cause high morbidity and mortality within the infected flocks. The most prominent
clinical disease is diarrhoea. There are a lots of local plants and herbs were proven to have antimicrobial properties against Escherichia coli. Thus, this study done to determine antimicrobial effect of local plants, Piper betle and Musa paradisiaca against Escherichia coli. The leaves of P. betle and M.paradisiaca were collected, extracted and further tested via antimicrobial sensitivity test (AST) to explore the antimicrobial properties of these plant.
Keywords: Colibacillosis, Escherichia coli, Piper betle, Musa paradisiaca, antimicrobials