| dc.description.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. | en_US |
