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- The Effect Medicinal Plants on Performance, Carcass Parameters and Meat Quality in Broiler Chickens
The Effect Medicinal Plants on Performance, Carcass Parameters and Meat Quality in Broiler Chickens
Authors : Alp ATAY
Pages : 1418-1428
Doi:10.21597/jist.1229416
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Publication Date : 2023-06-01
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :This study was conducted to investigate the effects of adding dietary Garlic, Ginger, Turmeric and their powders mixture in broiler chicken’s diet on performance, carcass characteristic and meat quality. A total of 400 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(200 male and 200 female); day-old Ross-308 broiler chicks were distributed into 5 dietary treatments; insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T1); 0% powder, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T2); 0.5% Garlic powder, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T3); 0.5% Ginger powder , insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T4); 0.5% Turmeric powder and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T5); 0.5% mixture of these powders with 4 replicates and each replicates included 10 man and 10 female having similar body weight. The results of this study showed that adding of this medicinal and aromatic plants powder in broiler chicken’s diet caused significant effect on broiler chickens performance at the 7, 14 and 21 days of age insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P<0.05); and also have a beneficial effect on mortality. On the other hand, it was observed that the adding of 0.5% medicinal and aromatic plants in broiler chicken’s diet had no a significant effect on hot carcass, cold carcass, breast, thigh, wings and visceral organs weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P>0.05);, but have a significant effect on carcass yield insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P<0.05);. Also, adding of this medicinal and aromatic plants powder had a significant effect on meat breast colour values insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P<0.05);. İt may be concluded that adding of these medical and aromatic plants powder in broiler chicken’s diet have beneficial effects on performance, carcass characteristic and meat qualityKeywords : Broiler chickens, Carcass, Meat quality, Medicinal and aromatic
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