Dietary supplementation of ginger, garlic and turmeric on the performance of broiler chicken Namdeo S.1,*, Baghel R.P.S., Nayak S., Khare Ankur, Pal R.P.2 Animal Nutrition Division, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, NDVSU, Jabalpur-482001, India 1Animal Nutrition Division, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243122, India 2Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PAU, Ludhiana-141004, India *Corresponding author: drsonalinamdeo@gmail.com
Online Published on 24 May, 2024. Abstract This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation of ginger, garlic and turmeric alone and in various combinations on performance, nutrient utilization, serum biochemical parameters and economics of broiler production. One hundred thirty-five, day-old Cobb chicks were randomly distributed into 9 experimental groups, each consisting of 3 replicates of 5 chicks each. The standard broiler diets (T1) were formulated as per commercial chick feed specification of Vencobb 400. Diets T2, T3 and T4 were supplemented with 0.5% each of ginger, garlic and turmeric, respectively. T5 with 0.25% each of ginger and garlic, T6 with 0.25% each of turmeric and ginger, T7 with 0.25% each of turmeric and garlic, T8 with a combination of ginger, garlic and turmeric at 0.25% each, and T9 with 0.5% each of ginger and garlic and 0.25% of turmeric. The experiment was conducted for 6 weeks. Results revealed that supplementation of 0.5% garlic to the basal diet of broilers significantly (P<0.05) improved their feed efficiency, nutrient utilization and serum biochemical parameters followed by those fed diet supplemented with combination of 0.25 ginger and 0.25% garlic. Economically, a combination of 0.25 ginger and 0.25% garlic showed the highest gross return per bird, while 0.50% garlic supplementation resulted in the highest profit per bird. In conclusion, 0.50% garlic supplementation was found to be the most economical choice, followed by a combination of 0.25% each of ginger and garlic, for improving broiler production. Top Keywords Economics, Garlic, Ginger, Performance, Turmeric. Top |