Effects of local aloe vera oil extraction on various broiler carcass characteristics

Abstract

The study was conducted in the poultry field, the Agricultural Research and Experiment Station at the College of Agriculture, University of Al-Muthanna, to determine the effect of adding locally extracted and imported aloe vera oil on some carcass traits of broilers from 22/2/2022 to 29/3/2022. A total of 405 unsexed one-day-old chicks of Ross 308 were used. Chicks were randomly distributed with 45 chicks for each treatment, with three replicates of the treatment (15 chicks for each replicate), with nine treatments, which are T1 without any addition, as for the treatments T2, T3, T5, T4, the olive oil was a local extract. The treatments (T6, T7, T8, T9) were imported aloe vera oil. The addition of oil was at 0.3 and 0.4 ml per kg feed. The results of the experiment indicated a significant improvement in carcass traits for broilers (carcass weight, dressing percentage without giblet, the relative weight of liver, heart and gizzard, the dressing percentage with giblet, the main cut and secondary cuts) and deboning percentage. The oil extracted locally showed the best results in a significant way compared to the rest of the treatments of the imported oil of the aloe vera plant. Keywords: locally extracting, aloe vera oil, carcass traits, broiler