Author(s):

RV Umatiya, AK Srivastava, MM Pawar, HD Chauhan and AK Jain

Abstract: Phytogenic feed additives are gaining importance as an alternative to antibiotics in broiler production. To assess the efficacy of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and garlic (Allium sativum) powder as phytogenic feed additives in diet of broiler chickens, a total 180 broiler chicks (Cobb 400) were randomly assigned to four treatments based on a completely randomized design. The treatments were as; T₁: (control) was fed with standard diet as per BIS (1992); T₂: control diet + 0.1% ginger powder + 0.2% garlic powder; T₃: control diet + 0.25% ginger powder + 0.5% garlic powder and T₄: control diet + 0.5% ginger powder + 1.0 garlic powder. The results showed that there was no significant effect of addition of mixture of ginger and garlic on average weekly body weights and final body weights. However, body weight gain at seventh week was significantly (P<0.05) higher in treatments T₂ and T₃ as compared to T₁ and T₄ groups.Feed intake, feed conversion ratio and carcass characteristics were similar (P>0.05) among the different treatment groups. Return over feed cost (Rs./bird) was highest in T₂ (54.44) group followed by T₁ (51.74) and T₃ (47.63) groups and lowest in T₄ (36.11) group. From the current findings, it was concluded that dietary addition of mixture of ginger (0.1%) and garlic (0.2%) has improved body weight gain and return over feed cost in broiler chickens.

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