an experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of using different levels of ginger rhizome powder (grp) and turmeric rhizome powder (trp) on production performance and some blood metabolites in laying hens. ninety 103-week old laying hens were divided into 5 treatments in a completely randomized design with 3 replicates and 6 birds in each cage. the birds were fed a corn-soybean meal ba...

objective: turmeric (curcuma longa linn) is a medicinal plant that contains curcumin. there is a growing interest in using curcumin powder (cp) as feed additives for antioxidative and antimicrobial properties to improve human health. this study was conducted to determine the appropriate levels of cp on blood parameters, immunity, and histology of jejunum in hens. materials and methods: a total ...

effect of levels of zinc supplementation on footpad lesions, reproductive and blood parameters of broiler breeders with 300 hens and 40 roosters of ross 308 strain with four treatments, five replicates and 15 hens and two roosters in each for 12 weeks was evaluated in a completely randomized design. dietary treatments were 80, 110, 140 and 170 mg zinc/kg diet. increasing supplemental zinc level...

With the increasing demand for poultry products (meat and eggs) worldwide, farmers want to improve productivity of their flocks. This challenge has necessitated nutritionists offer specific nutritional strategies improved productivity. Feed additives are recommended as one such strategic options, plant materials, otherwise known phytogenics, being extensively investigated. Therefore, study's ob...

This experiment was undertaken to evaluate the effect of dietary level of artichoke (Cynara scolymus) on growth performance and immune response of broilers under heat stress (HS). Two hundred forty day-old broiler chicks (Ross, 308) were randomly assigned to one of four dietary treatments with four replicate pens per treatment (15 birds per pen) in a completely randomized design with a 2 × 4 fa...

To evaluate the effect of 4 different levels of propolis supplementation on the hematological and immunological parameters of laying hens, a trial was conducted with 60 White Leghorn layer hens. The experiment was conducted by using a randomized design with 5 treatments, 4 replicates, and 3 hens in each replicate. Treatments included basal diet (control) and basal diet plus 0.5, 1, 3, and 6 g o...

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 replicates b...

the effect of silver nanoparticles as additive on broiler performance was investigated through employed of 312 day-old broiler chiks (arbor-acre plus) in a completely randomized design with 6 treatment diets each in 4 replicates. corn- soy based diets were formulated for starter, grower and finisher according to nrc (1994) recommendations. the silver nanoparticle solutions (2000 ppm) were added...

this experiment was conducted to evaluate and compare antibiotic, organic acid, probiotic and prebiotic effects on performance, egg quality and blood metabolites in commercial laying hens. the experiment was a completely randomized design with 160 laying hens strain hy line (w-36) from 32 to 42 weeks of age with 5 treatments and 4 replicates of 8 hens each. the experimental treatments consisted...