EFFECTS OF GINGER AND BLACK PEPPER SUPPLEMENT ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BROILERS

Abstract

This study was conducted in the poultry shed at HSTU campus, Dinajpur under the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology from October to December, 2016 to determine the efficacy of ginger, black pepper and ginger-black pepper supplement as a growth promoter on the performance of broilers. Total forty number of cobb 500 day old broiler chicks were purchased from local market and were assigned into four groups named T0, T1, T2 and T3 where T0 is control group and another three groups were supplemented with ginger, black pepper and ginger-black pepper @ 1g, 1g and (0.5+0.5)g =1g per kg feed of broiler ration respectively. At first, the birds were remain in observation for seven days as a quarantine period without treatment. Seven days interval, observations were recorded for live body weight, feed consumption, and feed efficacy of birds for five weeks. The initial body weight of groups T0, T1, T2 and T3 on 7th day of this experiment were 175±8.54g, 178±7.95g, 174±7.90g and 177±7.95g and after 35th day of experiment final body weight were 2.21±0.08kg, 2.51±0.04kg, 2.36±0.04kg and 2.52±0.04kg which recorded significantly (p<0.01) higher means for live body weight than that of control T0 (2.21±0.08kg) group. All the treatment groups were show significant increase in body weight compared to that of control group. Carcass body weight and blood performance also determined at 35th day of the experiment but there is no significant difference. It is concluded that broiler produced by using ginger and black pepper supplement can be profitable and suitable for human consumption as natural growth promoter. Further study may be more significant if get a favorable environment and proper facilities.