Influence of Phytobiotic Essential Oils on Growth Performance and Hematological Parameters of Broiler Chickens
Influence of Phytobiotic Essential Oils on Growth Performance and Hematological Parameters of Broiler Chickens
Lopamudra Samantaray*, Yashaswi Nayak
ABSTRACT
The poultry industry fulfils the nutritional gap in many nations at a lower cost than other animal meat sources. Concerns about the extensive use of Antibiotic Growth Promoters (AGPs), stimulated consumer demand for antibiotic-free animal yield. We investigated the applicability of the phytobiotic Essential Oils (EOs) and their influence on the overall performance, appetite, and food digestion. We aimed to assess the effects of dietary phytobiotic supplements containing black pepper, fennel, and turmeric EOs on the performance of Broiler chickens. The study used 280; 70-day-old chicks. The birds were divided into seven experimental groups; one control and six were fed on phytobiotics EOs at rates of 1% and 0.5% and monitored for 8 weeks. The results revealed that the inclusion of 0.5% black pepper and 0.5% fennel combination, as well as a 1% turmeric, significantly (P < 0.05) improved body weights in birds. Black pepper and a combination of turmeric and fennel revealed slower growth compared to the other treatments. The combined diet of black pepper and turmeric significantly (P < 0.05) improved feed intakes. The hemoglobin concentration, Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), and Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH) values of birds fed with 0.5% black pepper and 0.5% turmeric, as well as 1% black pepper, were found to be higher. The Red Blood Cell (RBC) counts were increased with 0.5% black pepper and 0.5% fennel. The study concluded that phytobiotic EOs are cost-effective and safe natural growth enhancers for broiler chickens with health-promoting properties.
Keywords | Feed intake, Health, Impact, Phytobiotics, Poultry
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