DIETARY EFFECTS OF FENUGREEK (Trigonella foenum-graecum) AS A GROWTH PROMOTER ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BROILER

Abstract

This study was carried out at the department of Dairy and Poultry Science, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University to evaluate the efficacy of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) seeds on performance of broiler. A total of 96, day old chicks were randomly divided into four dietary treatment groups namely T0, T1, T2 and T3 having three (03) replications in each treatment group. Brooded chicks were randomly separated into replications wise separate pen to rear up to 3 weeks. Each treatment group contains 24 birds whereas each replication contains 8 birds. Experimental birds in T1, T2 and T3 were provided Fenugreek seeds meal @ 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% of feed while T0 was provided only normal feed was considered as control group. The results of this study was indicated that final live weight gain and feed efficiency of birds was significantly (P<0.05) higher in T3 (1417.68±5.97g) compared to T2 (1362.03±9.63g), T1 (1293.48±24.77g) and T0 (1250.41±7.33g) respectively. This result also indicated that feed efficiency were increased at dose rate 1.5% Fenugreek seeds meal in T3 (1.36±0.99) compared to T2 (1.39±0.90), T1 (1.42±0.30) and control T0 group (1.45±1.02) respectively. In case of meat yield parameters there was significant (P<0.05) difference among treatment groups except liver weight. The carcass weight was significantly (P<0.05) higher in T3 group compared to the control group. The lowest feed cost was found in T0 and highest profit in T3 group. Based on the result it could be concluded that Fenugreek seed meal @ 1.5% can be used as growth promoter for production of chicken.