PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS QUALITY OF BROILER CHICKENSSUPPLEMENTED WITH GINGER,THYME AND THEIR MIXTURE IN THE DIET | ||
| Euphrates Journal of Agriculture Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2016, Pages 161-169 | ||
| Author | ||
| Hanan E. Al-Mashhadani | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This experiment was conducted at Animal Resources Dept. College of Agriculture, from 8-3-2014 to 19-4-2014 to study the effect of supplementing ginger (zingnberofficinale ) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris ) powder and their mixture to broiler diet ( Ross 308) on performance , carcass quality and bacterial count( jejunum E.coli and Lactobacillus ) . A total of 168 day old unsexed broiler chicks were randomly allocated to seven dietary treatments ( T1:control )(T2: 0.25% , T3: 0.50 %) ginger powder ( T4: 0.25% , T5: 0.50%) thyme powder and ( T6: 0.25% +0.25% mixture ( T7:0.50% + 0.50 %)mixture ( 2 replicate / treatment) each include( 12 birds / replicate pen ). Feed was available adlibitum by using starter diet from 1- 28 daysWith crude protein level 21.94 % and 2921.9 Kcal ME/ Kg diet and finisher diet contain 20.07 % crude protein and 3038.2 Kcal.ME/ Kg diet was fed from 29 – 42 days of age . Results reveled that final live weight was significantly ( p<0.05) hightein supplemented groups as compared to the control . While feeding 0.25% level of both powder resulted in significantly ( p<0.05) better weight gain .birds fed diet T6 and T7 consumedsignificantly (p<0.05) less feed as compared with other groups . Carcass quality , internal organ % and E.coli count were not affected by treatments .T2 ,T4 and T7 had significantly higher lactobacillus count compared to other treatments.Bursa of fabricia relative weight was significantly (P<0.05) higher for the supplemented groups and for spleen in T2 and T4 .i tcan be concluded from this study that supplemented broiler diet with ginger or thyme powder have a positive effect on broiler productive performance and microbial count . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| ginger; thyme; broiler productive performance; carcass quality; microbial count | ||
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