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Research
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online: 09-10-2014)
8.
Effect of garlic and neem leaf powder
supplementation on growth performance and carcass traits in
broilers - Karan Rajendra Kharde and S. Soujanya
Veterinary World, 7(10): 799-802
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2014.799-802
Karan
Rajendra Kharde:
Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary Science,
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India;
karankharde@gmail.com
S.
Soujanya: Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of
Veterinary Science, Korutla, Karimnagar, Telangana, India;
sonurv36@gmail.com
Received:
25-06-2014, Revised: 31-08-2014, Accepted: 07-09-2014, Published
online: 09-10-2014
Corresponding author:
S. Soujanya, e-mail: sonurv36@gmail.com
Abstract
Aim:
Present experiment was designed to study the effect of
supplementation of garlic and neem leaf powder (NLP) on growth
performance and carcass yields in broilers.
Materials and Methods: A total of 210-day-old commercial male
broiler chicks (Ven Cobb) were procured and randomly distributed
in to seven treatments, each treatment had six replicates with
five chicks per each replicate. Growth trial was conducted in a
randomized block design comprising seven dietary treatments. T1
was served as control. T2 and T3 were fed with garlic powder (GP)
0.5, 1 g/kg feed respectively. T4 and T5 were given with NLP 1, 2
g/kg feed respectively. T6 was fed with 0.5 g/kg GP and 1.0 g/kg
NLP. T7 was treated with 1.0 g/kg GP and 2.0 g/kg NLP. The body
weight, feed consumption of individual bird was recorded at weekly
interval and the body weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR)
were calculated. At the end of 42 day, six birds from each dietary
group were sacrificed to estimate the dressing yield and relative
weights of giblet (liver, heart and gizzard).
Results: Supplementation of garlic and NLP alone and their
combination significantly (p<0.05) improved the body weight gain
and FCR whereas no significant (p>0.05) influence was observed in
carcass parameters like dressing yield and giblet yield (heart,
gizzard and liver) in all treatment groups.
Conclusions: Supplementation of GP alone showed poor
performance, but when it was supplemented in combination with NLP
there was improvement in performance parameters. These results
indicated that the combination of GP and NLP can be used as
alternates to coccidiostats for improving the performance. Such
meat can be used as a designer meat as fetch higher price if
marketed as branded item.
Keywords: body weight gain, carcass yield, feed conversion
ratio, garlic, neem.
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