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This study was conducted in the poultry field of the Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kufa, for the period from September 2, 2021 to October7, 2021, and for a period of 5 weeks. In this study, 300 unsexed broiler chicks, Ross308 hybrid one day old, were randomly distributed to five treatments, each treatment included 60 chicks, three replicates, and each replicate included 20 chicks. The treatments were as follows: Treatment (T1): (control) was given water without addition, treatment (T2): drinking water was given to it with an addition of 0.25 ml/liter of the commercial compound (Mixoil) for 6 hours, treatment (T3). Provide her with drinking water with 0.5 ml/L of the commercial compound (Mixoil) for 6 hours. Treatment (T4): she was given drinking water with 0.75 ml/L of the commercial compound (Mixoil) for 6 hours, treatment (T5): she was given drinking water to which it was added 1 ml/L of the commercial compound (Mixoil) for 6 hours. Water was added to the commercial Mixoil compound daily from 10 am to 4 pm (6 hours per day), the chicks were fed on two diets, a starter during 21 days of age and a final from 22 days of age until the age of marketing (35 days), some productive traits were studied. for broilers during the duration of the experiment. The results of the statistical analysis indicated that there was a The research did not deal with blood traits, so this sentence should be deleted .The results of the statistical analysis indicated a significant improvement at the level (p≤0.05) in the average live body weight at the fifth week of chick age and in the total weight gain of the treated birds that added different levels of the commercial compound Mixoil daily to their drinking water compared to the control group. T1), The results also indicated a significant increase (p≤0.05) in the average total feed consumption for the birds of the fourth and fifth treatments compared with the control group, and a significant deterioration in the values of the total feed conversion ratio for the chicks of the control group (T1) compared with treatments T2 and T3.We conclude from the current study that adding different levels of the commercial compound Mixoil to drinking water for 6 hours a day had a positive effect in improving some productive traits of broiler chicks bred in summer in Iraq.

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Background and Aim: Dill “Anethum graveolens” is considered to be an important herbal medicinal plant in the celery family “Apiaceae”. It is the only member of the genus “Anethum”. Dill seed’s health benefits include the potential to improve digestive health, as well as supplying insomnia, hiccups, respiratory disorders, nausea, dysentery, and cancer relief. This experiment was conducted to shed light the influences of dietary Dill leaves powder supplementation on growth performance, edible giblets and mortality rate with reference to its economical figure for Ross 308 broiler. Experimental: 120 one-day-old Ross 308 broiler chicks have been allotted into the four dietary experimental groups, each with three replicates and 10 birds each as randomized design. The experimental groups were classified into basal diet with no Dill powder kept as control, and 1, 2 and 3 g of Dill powder per kg of diets respectively. The birds growth performance including live body weights gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio were monitored weekly. At the end of the experiment eight male birds were selected randomly from each replicate slaughtered and edible giblets viz., gizzard, heart and liver, were calculated. In addition, the effect of dill power supplementation on the mortality rate as well as its economic figure was recorded. Results: Data indicated that using Dill leaves powder at the level of 1 g/kg ration significantly increased feed intake (FI), live body weight (BW), weight gain (WG) compared to control and other treatment groups. Additionally, there were remarkable differences (p≤0.05) for feed conversion ratio (FCR) among experimental groups. In addition, edible giblets were better in groups supplemented with dill leaves powder compared with the control. The Dill leaves powder at the level of g/kg ration did not reported any mortalities and the economic figures did not show any significant differences among the experimental groups. Recommended applications/industries: Conclusively, dietary supplementation of Dill leaves powder enhanced the productive performance of broilers chicks especially at the level of 1 g/kg ration.

The current study was conducted in poultry farm which belong to department of animal production, college of Agriculture, University of Kufa during the period from 11/3/2018 to 15/4/2018. The study included 3 standard treatment groups respectively containing 1, 2, 3 gm of Dill / kg of feed in addition to control group (0 gm/kg). 120 unsexed chicks (Ross 308) with one day of age were used with initial weight averaged 40.5 gm. Closed hall was used and divided into pens each pen about 3m2 of area and the chicks were distributed randomly in the four treatments with 30 chick for each treatment. Each treatment composed of three replicates (10 chicks each) distributed randomly in pens and the period continue till the 5th week of age. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of adding Dill (Anethum graveolens) leaves powder in the diets of broiler on some physiological properties. Results showed a significant effect of dill addition on PCV while no significant effects on hemoglobin, globulin, red blood cells, total protein, glucose and cholesterol.