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TY - JOUR
AU - Ndams, S. S.
AU - Dare, T. A.
AU - Elaigwu, S.
PY - 2025/03/20
Y2 - 2026/09/23
TI - EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTED GINGER MEAL AS PHYTOBIOTIC FEED ADDITIVE ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF FINISHED BROILER CHICKENS
JF - Nigerian Journal of Animal Production
JA - NJAP
VL -
IS -
SE - Articles
DO - 10.51791/njap.vi.8382
UR - https://mail.njap.org.ng/index.php/njap/article/view/8382
SP - 633-636
AB - <p><em>A 28-day experiment was carried out to examine the effect of supplemented ginger meal (GM) as phytobiotic </em><em>additive in the diets of broiler finisher chickens in terms of feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion ratio. A </em><em>total of 96(4-weekold) broiler chickens were assigned randomly to 4 dietary treatments each replicated thrice (8 </em><em>birds per replicate). Four experimental diets were formulated with the control (D1) without GM (0%). Bird’s </em><em>group on diets D2, D3 and D4 were fed with GM supplemented at 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3% levels, respectively. The feed </em><em>intake of birds on 0.2% diet was significantly (P<0.05) higher compared to birds on 0, 0.1 and 0.3% diets. Birds </em><em>on 0.1 and 0.3% diets had similar (P>0.05) feed intake but significantly (P<0.05) lower compared to control. The </em><em>weight gain of birds on 0.2% diet was significantly (P<0.05) higher compared to those on 0, 0.1and 0.3% diets. </em><em>The weight gain of birds on 0.1 and 0.3% diets were similar (P>0.05) but significantly (P<0.05) lower compared </em><em>to control. Feed conversion ratio (FCR) of birds on 0.2% was better (P<0.05) compared to those on 0, 0.1 and </em><em>0.3% diets. The FCR of birds on 0.1% and 0.3% diets were similar (P>0.05) but significantly (P<0.05) lower </em><em>compared to the control diet. Feed cost (N) per kg gain increased with increased level of GM supplementation in </em><em>the diets. It is concluded that the feeding of broiler finisher chickens with GM supplemented at 0.2% improves </em><em>performance and can be a viable alternative to antibiotic feed additives in the diets of broiler finisher chickens</em></p>
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