The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a Commercial Herbal Growth Promoter (CHGP) with a combination of selective nine numbers of herbs on the performance of broiler chicken. A total of 120 day-old commercial broiler chicks having similar body weight from a single hatch were procured and chicks were randomly distributed into four groups viz, T 0 (standard basal diet as control), T 1 (basal diet + 1.0 % CHGP powder), T 2 (basal diet + 2.0 % CHGP powder) and T 3 (basal diet + 3.0 % CHGP powder) comprising 30 chicks in each groups. All the birds were managed under uniform managemental condition. The final body weight was significantly (P£0.01) highest in T 2 (2059.83 g) followed by T 3 (1956.67 g), T 0 (1845.33 g) and T 1 (1825.17 g). In respect of overall Feed Conversion Ratios (FCR), T 2 group showed significantly (P£0.05) best FCR value of 1.69 followed by T 3 (1.77), T 0 (1.85) and T 1 (1.87). The study revealed that there was increased body weight, improved FCR, higher BPEI, cent per cent livability and increased gross profit per broiler in birds offered 2% CHGP powder as herbal growth promoter.

Article Info 165.01 a ±2.66 146.48 b ±6.65 110.89 c ±2.25 109.48 c ±2.23 ** Triglycerides (mg/dl) 103.74 a ±2.91 81.84 b ± 2.18 53.74 c ± 2.76 50.43 c ± 3.11 ** HDL (mg/dl) 47.42 a ± 3.99 57.47 ab ±10.36 82.02 c ± 3.57 83.13 c ± 3.46 ** LDL (mg/dl) 96.85 a ± 4.88 61.59 b ± 7.59 18.27 c ± 3.85 16.21 c ± 4.31 ** abc Mean values with different superscripts within row differ significantly.

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