Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Ginger and Black Pepper Powder on Haematological Parameters of Cobb-500 Broiler Chicken

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to investigate the status of blood serum biochemical of broiler chickens in response to the diet supplemented with ginger and black pepper powder. Two hundred day-old Cobb 500 Strain broiler chickens were used for the experiment. The birds were randomly allotted into five treatments each replicated four times with 10 birds per replication. Grounded black pepper and ginger were added in the basal feed with different proportion, T1 (control); T2 (basal diet+0.02% ginger); T3 (basal diet+0.02% black pepper), T4 (basal diet+0.01% ginger+0.01% black pepper) and T5 (basal diet+0.02% ginger+0.02% black pepper. At 42days of rearing the effect of T5 treatment significantly resulted (p<0.05) increased in total protein, albumin and hemoglobin concentration and decreased in triglyceride, cholesterol, very low-density lipoprotein, and calcium concentration. Administration of 0.02% ginger and 0.02% black pepper to broiler chickens improve blood profile, boosted their immunity as well as improved their health status. Therefore, the inclusion of 0.02% of black pepper and ginger could be beneficial to improve the performance of broiler.