TY  - JOUR
T1  - Use of Garlic (<I>Allium sativum</I>), Black Cumin Seeds (<I>Nigella sativa</I> L.) and Wild Mint (<I>Mentha longifolia</I>) in Broiler Chickens Diets
AU - Ashayerizadeh, O. AU - Dastar, B. AU - Shargh, M. Shams AU - Ashayerizadeh, A. AU - Rahmatnejad, E. AU - Hossaini, S.M.R. 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 8
IS  - 9
SP  - 1860
EP  - 1863
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2009.1860.1863
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2009.1860.1863
KW  - Broiler
KW  -garlic
KW  -black cumin seeds
KW  -wild mint
KW  -performance
KW  -carcass
AB  - This experiment was conducted for comparison, the effect of garlic powder, black cumin seeds powder and wild mint powder on performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens. Based a randomized completely design, 320 days old Ross 308 broilers were distributed into 16 floor pens and reared for 42 days. A basal diet was formulated according to NRC recommendations for starter (0-21 days) and grower (22-42 days) periods. The basal diet was also supplemented with garlic powder, black cumin seeds powder and wild mint powder, resulting 4 dietary treatments were prepared including control group. Each dietary treatment was fed <I>ad-libitum</I> to 4 replicates group of 20 birds at the bigining of rearing period. There were no significant differences in feed consumption at all of treatments in rearing period (p&gt;0.05). The birds fed the diet containing black cumin seeds powder had the highest body weight gain as compared with other treatments (p&lt;0.05). The best Feed Conversion Ratios (FCR) was recorded with birds fed diets contained black cumin seeds powder compared with control and other groups through all growing periods (p&gt;0.05). The lowest (p&lt;0.05) abdominal fat percent were recorded for broilers fed the diets supplemented with garlic powder and black cumin seeds powder (p&lt;0.05). Also, the highest carcass percent were recorded for birds fed diets supplemented with black cumin seeds powder and garlic powder (p&lt;0.05). The percent of breast in birds received black cumin seeds powder significantly was higher than wild mint and control groups (p&lt;0.05). The percent of thigh was not affected with feed treatments (p&gt;0.05).
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