Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023)

Author(s):
GB Tingare, AT Shinde, SB Bhalerao and MU Tanpure

Abstract:
The research entitled “Effect of Turmeric Powder (curcuma longa) as natural feed additive on Growth Performance of Broilers” was studied to assess the effect of different levels of Turmeric powder in broiler diet on growth performance, feed, feed conversion ratio and economics in broiler. One Hundred Sixty broiler chicks were purchased and divided into four groups (control) T₀ and treatment group T₁, T₂ and T₃ with 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3% Turmeric powder in broiler diet. Addition of Turmeric powder 0.3% and 0.2% showed significantly highest cumulative body weight than T₁ and T₀. At the end of 6^th week total feed intake in T₃ (4292.86 g) was significantly (p<0.05) less than T₀ (4431.95 g) as well as treatments T₁ (4387.45 g) and T₂ (4345.78 g). Overall FCR of experiment, treatment T₃ (1.71) showed significantly (p<0.05) higher performance with respect to FCR from T₀ (1.85) and T₁ (1.80), However values of FCR of T₃ (1.71) and T₂ (1.76) differ non significantly from each other. Net profit per bird in T₃, T₂, and T₁ treatment was higher by (Rs.12.94), (Rs.8.35) and (Rs.4.19) than T₀. According to the results of present research it was concluded that 0.3% turmeric powder can be added safely in broiler diet thereby improving growth performance, FCR and reducing the cost of production over control as well as broiler feed with 0.2 and 0.1% turmeric powder.