“…Despite this status, it has not been able to meet the demand of the ever increasing human population, who depend directly on the meat for animal protein and consequently essential amino acids. In a bid to boost productivity, several dietary manipulations have been carried out on poultry, ranging from inclusion of growth promoters (Barreto et al, 2008;Mokhtari et al, 2010), hormones (Al-Dobaib and Mousa, 2009), organic acids (Ghazalah et al, 2011), enzymes (Chuka, 2014;Hossain et al, 2014), locally sourced additives (Onyimonyi et al, 2012;Olabode et al, 2013;Dim et al, 2018), etc.…”