World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

EFFECT OF MIXTURE OF TWO HERBAL ESSENTIAL OILS ON PERFORMANCE, CARCASS TRAITS AND BLOOD SERUM CONSTITUENTS OF BROILER CHICKS

Fatima Mustafa Mohammed Elsinnary, Muktar Ahmed Mukhtar*, Safeia Alzubair and K. A. Mohamed

ABSTRACT

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the response of broiler chicks to diets supplemented with graded levels of mixed essential oils (Clove, Basil) (1:1) on the performance, carcass traits and blood serum constituents of broiler chicks. A total of 96 one day old un-sexed (Cobb) broiler chicks were subjected to 35 days experimental period. Chicks randomly divided into four groups of 24 chicks per each with three replicates for each group. Four experimental diets were formulated (A, B, C and D) as follows, diet A as control, diets B, C and D were control diet supplemented with mixed essential oils (MEO)at 200, 400 and 600 mg/kg respectively. Result obtained declared that no significant difference in the performance parameters (body weight, feed intake, body weight gain and feed conversion ratio). However group of chicks fed on 400 mg/kg mixed essential oils recorded the highest values. Result also declared no significant difference in dressing percentage, giblets, commercial cuts, subjective and objective of meat quality parameters. Also results for serum constituents declared that, addition of mixed essential oilsreduced cholesterol, cholesterol HDL, cholesterol LDL, total protein and glucose level in the blood compared with control group, whereas urea higher in control group but uric acid lower. the addition of 200 mg/kg mixed essential oils recorded economic benefits. So the study declared that the addition of mixed essential oils as growth promoter in broiler diets have no adverse effects.

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