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The Effect of chamomile flower (Matricaria chamomilla L.)
extract and powder as growth promoter on growth performance and
digestive organs of broiler chickens
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Roya Dada, Majid Toghyani* and Sayed Ali Tabeidian |
Department of Animal Science, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad
University,
Isfahan, Iran
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Abstract |
The experiment was conducted to
evaluate the effect of chamomile flower (Matricaria
chamomilla
L.) in the extract and powder form in comparison to antibiotic
growth promoter on growth performance of broiler chickens. In this
experiment, 420-day-old broiler chickens
(Ross 308)
were assigned to 6 treatments and 5 replicates
of 14 chickens.
Dietary treatments included: control, flavopho-spholipol (as a
growth promoter), 2 and 4 g/kg chamomile flower powder and 1.8 and 3.6
ml/l chamomile flower extract in water. Chickens were fed by dietary
treatments from day 1 to 42 d. The performance parameters (feed intake,
body weight gain and feed conversion ratio) were measured in different
periods and overall growth period. Carcass traits (carcass yield and
abdominal fat) and digestive organs (proventriculus, gizzard, pancreas,
duodenum, jejunum, ileum and ceca)
were measured at 42 day of age.
In summary, these results showed that
chamomile extract and powder had no
significant effect on growth performance parameters.
Feeding diets supplemented with
chamomile extract and powder significantly influenced digestive organs
such as proventriculus and pancreas relative weights and also the length
of duodenum, ileum and ceca
(P<0.05). Carcass traits were not affected significantly by dietary
treatments (P>0.05). In conclusion,
chamomile extract and powder at the used levels in this study
have not potential to be used as a growth promoter in broiler chicks.
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Keywords:
Broiler chick;
Chamomile; antibiotic; performance; digestive
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To cite this article:
Dada R, M Toghyani and SA Tabeidian,
2015.
The Effect of chamomile flower (Matricaria chamomilla L.)
extract and powder as growth promoter on growth performance and
digestive organs of broiler chickens.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(7): 290-294. |
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