The Effect of Dosage and Method of Providing Cinnamononi Extract to Broiler’s Performance and Carcass’ Characteritic

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the effect of dosage and method of providing Cinnamononi Extract as feed additive to Broiler’s performance, and carcass’ characteristic. Cinnamononi Extract (CE) is an extract of cinnamon leaf, noni leaf, and noni fruit mixture at a ratio of 1:2:2. This experiment used a Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with 7 treatment combinations and 4 repetitions on 140 seven days aged chicks (strain AA). The treatment combinations were: T1 = without CE and without fasting, T2 = 250 mg CE/kg Body Weight and without fasting, T3 = 350 mg CE/kg BW, without fasting, T4 = 250 mg CE/kg BW after fasting for 1.5 hours in the morning, T5 = 350 mgCE/kg BW after fasting for 1.5 hours in the morning, T6 = 250 mg CE/kg BW after fasting for 1.5 hours in the day time, and T7 = 350 mg CE/kg BW after fasting for 1.5 hours in the day time. CE was given everyday by dissolving it in a limited water (± 5 ml/chicken). Results indicated that the combination of dosage and method of providing CE treatments increased (p < 0,05) broiler performance (it increased BWG, but reduced feed intake and FCR), but there was no significant effect (p > 0.05) on carcass characteritic. The conclusion of this experiment was that Cinnamononi Extract could be used as growth promotter feed additive. The effective and efficient dosage and method of providing Cinnamononi Extract to increase broiler performance is 250 mg/kg body weight after fasting for 1.5 hours either in the morning or in the day time.