Abstract
This study was aimed to evaluate the influence of Moringa Oleifera and/or Cichorium Intybus powder supplementation on performance, biochemical parameters, immunology and carcass quality of broiler chicks. Two hundred one-day-old chicks (Ross, 308 hybrid) were randomly allotted into four groups. Each group contained 50 chicks with five replicates. Feed was offered ad libitum to all groups. Group C were fed basal control diet. Chicks in the group M were fed basal diet supplemented with 1.5% M. oleifera and chicks in group CI were fed basal diet supplemented with 1.5% C. Intybus, while the chicks of group MC were fed basal diet supplemented with 0.75% M. oleifera plus 0.75% C. Intybus during experiment time. Body weight and feed amount were recorded every 15 days. Carcass yields were evaluated at the end of the experiment. The results revealed that supplements improved significantly bird weights, whereas the group C has the least mean value among the treatments. Group MC had better weight (239 3±80 g) than other groups (2180±48, 2020.5±97 1893±54 g, respectively for groups CI, M and C). Feed conversion ratio (FCR) was estimated 1.45, 1.48, 1.54 and 1.58 for MC, CI, M and C groups, respectively. Supplements group have lower total cholesterol than control. Finally, the use of a combination of C. Intybus and M. oleifera was recommended as good feed additives to improve productivity and enhance immunity. Key words: Broiler, performance, Moringa Oleifera, Cichorium Intybus, biochemical parameters, immunology, carcass yields.
Highlights
Poultry health is affected by the surrounding environment
All birds were vaccinated for infectious bronchitis at 7 days old followed by Newcastle (Zoetis, Fort Dodge) and infectious bursal disease (Zoetis, Fort Dodge) at 20 days old
The combination of M. oleifera (0.75%) and C. intybus (0.75%) improved significantly (P≤0.05) body weight gain along the experimental period, the best body weight gain was obtained by MC group (257±25 g/bird) in comparison with Cichorium intybus group (CI) group (246±27 g/bird), C group (235±53 g/bird) and M group (216±16 g/bird)
Summary
Poultry health is affected by the surrounding environment. Infectious pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi can infect poultry when its immune system is suppressed, which lead to different complicated infections (Paliwal et al, 2011a; Sandhu et al, 2009). In European Union, from January 2006, antibiotics use is prohibited to avoid antimicrobial- resistance in bacterial strains and antibiotics residues in human food
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