The effect of phytobiotics ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) extract in drinking water on hematological characters of KUB chickens

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of phytobiotics ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) in drinking water on haematological characters of Kampung Unggul Balitbangtan (KUB) chickens. A total of one hundred KUB chickens fourteen days old were assigned into 4 treatments with 5 replicates (5 birds in each replicate). The experimental treatments were control without red ginger extract (T0), drinking water with 0.5% ginger extract (T1), 1.0 % ginger extract (T2), and 1.5 % ginger extract (T3). The basal diet was yellow corn, BR2 poultry concentrate produced by PT Wonokoyo, rice brand, and vitamin premix, which contains 17.07% CP, 3097.79 kcal/kg ME, 0.81% Ca, and 0.56% Pav. Variables evaluated were haematological character of KUB chicken. The results were analyzed using ANOVA in a completely randomized design using Statistical Package for Social Science or SPSS. Duncan multiple range test (DMRT) were used to separate mean of data when p-value differ significantly (P<0,05). Results showed that suplementation ginger extract in the drinking water did not significantly effect haematological character of KUB chicken..