Vol. 10, Special Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Tejashree L, Indresh HC and Suresh BN

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted to study the supplementation of neem, ginger and garlic powder on growth performance in Giriraja birds. A total of one hundred and fifty day- old chicks were distributed into five treatment groups with three replicates in each group and ten birds in each replicate. Basal diet (T1) and the experimental diets were prepared by incorporating garlic powder at 0.50 per cent (T2), neem powder at 0.50 per cent (T3), ginger powder at 1.0 per cent (T4) and garlic powder 0.5 per cent + neem powder 0.5 per cent + ginger powder 1 per cent (T5). The duration of the experiment was 8 weeks. The results revealed that feeding neem, ginger and garlic powder individually and also in combination resulted in significant improvement in body weight, feed intake and feed efficiency among different treatment groups compared to control.