A study was conducted to the effect of garlic with two different levels on the growth performances and carcass characteristics of NandanamBroiler-2. A total of 84 day old NandanamBroiler-2 chicks were randomly allotted into three treatments with two replicates which contained 14 chicks in each replicate for 8 weeks experimental period. The dietary treatments were formulated as a control (T1), 0.25 % (T2), 0.50% (T3) garlic paste with basal diet. The data on production parameters like weekly body weight, feed consumption and mortality were recorded. At the end of the 8 weeks of age, six birds (3male and 3 female) were randomly selected and subjected to slaughter studies to determine the carcass characteristics. The birds supplemented with 0.25 % garlic paste (T2) had significantly higher body weight, better feed efficiency and livability compared to control (T1). However, no significant difference was observed in terms of carcass traits in this experiment.
Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2019) 8(4): 2531-2538 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume Number 04 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.804.295 Effect of Garlic (Allium sativum) on Production Performances and Carcass Traits of Nandanam Broiler-2 K Sangilimadan1*, R Richard Churchil1, K Premavalli2 and A.V Omprakash3 Department of Poultry Science, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-7, India Post Graduate Research Institute of Animal Sciences, Kattupakkam, Chennai-203, India Poultry Research Station (PRS), Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, MMC, Chennai-51, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Chicken, Garlic, Body weight, Livability, Feed efficiency Article Info Accepted: 17 March 2019 Available Online: 10 April 2019 A study was conducted to the effect of garlic with two different levels on the growth performances and carcass characteristics of NandanamBroiler-2 A total of 84 day old NandanamBroiler-2 chicks were randomly allotted into three treatments with two replicates which contained 14 chicks in each replicate for weeks experimental period The dietary treatments were formulated as a control (T1), 0.25 % (T2), 0.50% (T3) garlic paste with basal diet The data on production parameters like weekly body weight, feed consumption and mortality were recorded At the end of the weeks of age, six birds (3male and female) were randomly selected and subjected to slaughter studies to determine the carcass characteristics The birds supplemented with 0.25 % garlic paste (T2) had significantly higher body weight, better feed efficiency and livability compared to control (T1) However, no significant difference was observed in terms of carcass traits in this experiment The dietary supplementation of 0.5% garlic (T3) resulted in significant (P