INFLUENCE OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF AIDAN (TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA) AND OR TURMERIC (CURCUMA LONGA) ON PERFORMANCE AND BIOECONOMICS OF BROILER CHICKEN

Abstract

Effect of supplementation of aidan powder alone or in combination with turmeric as feed additives on the performance and economics of production of broiler chickens was studied. A total of 180-day old broiler chicks, were assigned into six groups of 30 chicks each and three replicates of 10 chicks per replicate. The chicks were allotted to six diets labelled T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6. T1 (control) diet had no aidan and turmeric. Diets T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6 contained 0.5% aidan, 1.0% aidan, 0.5% aidan + 0.5% turmeric, 1.0% turmeric and 0.5% turmeric, respectively. The study lasted for 56 days. Starter diets had 23.0 % crude protein and 2,800.0 kcal (ME)/kg energy while finisher diets had 20.0 % crude protein and 3,200.0 kcal (ME)/kg energy. The birds were fed and supplied water ad libitum. The research used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) format, one-way analysis of variance. Results indicate that adding 0.5% aidan + 0.5% turmeric powders (T4) to broiler chicken diet improve final weight and weight gain while reducing feed intake, feed conversion ratio and cost of feed per weight gain than adding any of the two
spices alone. We conclude that diet T4 is the best and should be added to broiler diets for better performance.