background & aim: medicinal plants is very potential to be used as a supplementary feed as well as feed additive in broilers.this experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of milk thistle (mt) and thyme seeds (ts) on the performance in broilers. experimental: in this study, 160 one-day-old (ross 308) male broiler chicks were divided randomly into four major groups with 4 replicate...

The aim of the current study was to assess impacts adding various levels coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) on broiler production efficiency and ileal microflora. Five treatments, consisting 90 ROSS (308) chicks each, were created from a total 450 that one day old. Each therapy applied three times (30 per replicate).The experiment included five treatments: control diet without coriander, supplem...

this study was designed to investigate the effects of different levels of tarragon powder on general performance and anetometric, properties of digestive system of male broiler chickens. 200 one-day-old ross 308 male broiler chickens in a completely randomized design with 4 treatments and 5 replicates per treatment and 10 birds in each replicate were used. experimental diets were set on the bas...

the effects of phytase and glycosidase supplementation to diets containing rice bran on broiler performance were investigated by using 200 day old (308 ross) broiler chicks in a completely randomized design with five treatments and four replicates. the five dietary treatments were as: corn-soybean meal based diet; diet containing rice bran; diet containing rice bran supplemented with natafous; ...

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate effects of barley grains particle size on ruminal pH and ammonia concentration of rams (experiment 1) and carcass characteristics (experiment 2) of male lambs fed high urea diet. Treatments in two experiments were (1: basal diet + whole barley grains, 2: basal diet + ground barley grains with a 5 mm screen, 3: basal diet + ground barley grains with a 3...

This experiment was conducted to compare the effects of prebiotic as alternative feed additive to an antibiotic growth promoter (bacitracin methylene disalicyate) on the growth performance and morphometrical parameters of the small intestine of broiler chickens. One hundred and forty four day old broiler chicks were randomly assigned to one of three dietary treatments for 6 wk and each treatmen...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of supplementing black cumin (Nigella sativa) seeds (BCS) in diet on performance, liver weight and enzymes of broilers.The experiment was conducted as a randomized complete block design. Two hundred forty day-old unsexed broiler chicks (Cobb 500) were divided into four groups and assigned to four feeding treatments, with four replicates of 15 ...