Effects of Ferula gummosa Boiss. Root on Performance, Microbial Population and Nutrient Digestibility in Broiler Chickens

Document Type : Poultry Nutrition

Authors

Z Abdollahi ¹

Ahmad Hassanabadi ²

Abolghasem Golian ³

¹ Department of Animal Science, Faculty of agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

² Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

³ Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

10.22067/ijasr.v5i2.28288

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of root of Ferula gummosa boiss. (galbanum) supplementation to corn-soy diets on performance, microbial population, nutrient digestibility and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens. Two hundred day old male broiler chicks of Ross 308 strain were used in a completely randomized design with 4 treatments, 5 replicates of 10 chicks each in floor pens. Four levels of ground root of galbanum (0, 1, 2 and 3%) were supplemented to starter (1-10 d), grower (11-24 d) and finisher (25-49 d) diets. The results indicated that diet supplementation with root of galbanum powder significantly reduced body weight, daily weight gain, feed intake of broiler chickens in starter period (P

Keywords

Root of Ferula gummosa Boiss

Microbial population

Performance

Carcass Characteristics

Apparent nutrient digestibility

Broiler

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