Effect of dietary supplementation of ginger extract on growth, carcass characteristics and haematological parameters in broilers

Abstract

This study evaluated the effect of ginger on the growth performance, carcass quality of broiler chickens. 20 broiler chickens were randomly selected into two treatment groups identified as T1 and T2 with a positive control and a negative control group. Each treatment contained with five birds. Birds on T1 were treated with 1% ginger extract and T2 was treated with 2% ginger extract via drinking water. Significant variations (p<0.05) existed between the control and other treatments in mean final body weight, dressed weight, daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio. At the end of experiment (35 th day) for 1% ginger extraction treatment the live body weight is 1746gm (p<0.05), dressing weight 1106.4 (p<0.05) and FCR is 1.67(p<0.05). The usage of the test ingredients had a significant effect (p<0.05) on dressing percentage. Supplementation of ginger improves the performance of broilers when added at the rate of 1% of broiler ration and can be a possible alternative to antibiotic growth promoter in the feeding of broiler chicken.

Antibacterial efficacy of ethanolic extract of Camellia sinensis and Azadirachta indica leaves on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli

“…Indigenous plants as herbal medicine have been used to cure various diseases for centuries. Extracts of medicinal plants such as ginger, cinnamon, mustard, and garlic exert different degrees of antimicrobial properties [14,15]. Azadirachta indica (Neem) and Camellia sinensis (Tea) are two well-known plant species for ethnopharmacological use.…”

Dietary supplementation effects of the levels of Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf extracts as phytogenic feed additive on the growth performance in broiler chicks

“…The use of synthetic drugs as antibiotics and growth promoters has high cost implications, and sometimes, with attending adverse side effect on birds health, prolonged withdrawal period and risk of accumulation in tissues and egg which could have harmful effects on human health (Jawad et al, 2014;Sarker et al, 2018). As a result, consumers of poultry products are demanding for drug residues free meat and egg (Talukder et al, 2017). This has triggered the search for alternatives means to produce birds at reduced cost using natural growth and health promoters (Sarker et al, 2020).…”

Dietary supplementation of Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf extracts improved growth performance and reduced production cost in broilers

“…Medicinal plants such as Nigella sativa L., Mentha arvensis L., Mentha pulegium L., Zingiber officinale, Allium sativum, and Azadirachta indica (A. indica, commonly known as neem) are used from an ancient civilization, to combat diseases in humans, and are being used in poultry rations as natural feed additives for improving growth performance [11][12][13]. Neem is well known as one of the most versatile medicinal plants, for more than 2000 years and still regarded Available at www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.13/June-2020/6.pdf as "village dispensary" in the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh, which has a broad spectrum of biological activity [14].…”