Effect of dietary supplementation of ginger extract on growth, carcass characteristics and haematological parameters in broilers

Yousuf Ali Sarker,Torun Kumar Paul,Zakaria Al Noman,Sudipta Talukder,Md Mehedi Hasan,Mahmudul Hasan Sikder

doi:10.3329/ajmbr.v3i2.33571

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https://doi.org/10.3329/ajmbr.v3i2.33571

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This study evaluated the effect of ginger on the growth performance, carcass quality of broiler chickens. 20 broiler chickens were randomly selected into two treatment groups identified as T1 and T2 with a positive control and a negative control group. Each treatment contained with five birds. Birds on T1 were treated with 1% ginger extract and T2 was treated with 2% ginger extract via drinking water. Significant variations (p<0.05) existed between the control and other treatments in mean final body weight, dressed weight, daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio. At the end of experiment (35th day) for 1% ginger extraction treatment the live body weight is 1746gm (p<0.05), dressing weight 1106.4 (p<0.05) and FCR is 1.67(p<0.05). The usage of the test ingredients had a significant effect (p<0.05) on dressing percentage. Supplementation of ginger improves the performance of broilers when added at the rate of 1% of broiler ration and can be a possible alternative to antibiotic growth promoter in the feeding of broiler chicken.Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2017, 3(2): 211-215

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Nowadays, Poultry meat is a good source of animal protein and can contribute immensely in boosting the consumption level of animal protein
No mortality was detected in all treatment groups throughout the study period
Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) is shown in Table 2, where significant variation was evident in T1

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Poultry meat is a good source of animal protein and can contribute immensely in boosting the consumption level of animal protein. Antibiotics use in livestock is the use of antibiotics for any purpose in the husbandry of livestock, which include the treatment or prophylaxis of infection and the use of sub-therapeutic doses in animal feed to promote growth and improve feed efficiency in contemporary intensive animal farming (Ogle, 2013). Their use in animal feed has shown several side effects such as resistance towards the drug and evidence of resistant strains that become zoonotic (Wegener et al, 1999). This stems from the fact that the blood serves as an important index of physiological, pathological and nutritional status of an animal

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