Dietary Supplementation of Poultry Herbs® on Growth Performance, Immune Response and Haemato-Biochemical Parameters of Hubbard Broiler Chicken
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https://doi.org/10.59890/z5w0ng30Keywords:
Antimicrobials, Broilers, Growth, Plants, Performance, Phyto-ConstituentsAbstract
A 42 days study was carried out to examine the effect of dietary supplementation of Poultry herbs® on growth performance, immune response and haemato-biochemical parameters of Hubbard broiler chicken. 600 1-day- old broiler chicks (Hubbard) of mixed sex were randomly distributed into 5 treatment groups and each treatment had 5 replicates (20 birds per replicate). Experimental diet meets the requirement provided by the Nutritional Research Council. Neomycin was supplemented at 10 g/kg diet for birds in group A while poultry herbs (PH) was supplemented at 5 g, 10 g, 15 g, 20 g and 25 g/kg diet for birds in group B, C, D, E and F respectively using a completely randomized design. Clean water was also offered ad libitum. Analysis of phyto-constituents in PH showed that terpenoids (1091 mg/g), phenol (1000.3 mg/g) and flavonoids (977.4 mg/g) are the most prominent compound followed by alkaloids (500.9 mg/g), tannins (411.6 mg/g), steroids (208.5 mg/g), saponins (100.6 mg/g) and glycosides (86.55 mg/g) respectively. Average daily weight, average daily feed consumption and feed conversion ratio improved in birds fed PH in group: B, C, D, E and F compared to group A (p˂0.05). Higher mortality was recorded among birds in group A (2.20 %) and lower in group B (1.00 %) while none was recorded in the other groups
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