Influence of supplementing garlic (Allium Sativum) on growth performance of Noi chicken from 4 to 13 week-age
This study was carried out form April to July 2018 to evaluate growth performance of Noi chicken at diet supplemented with 1% garlic powder and 1% crushed garlic by semi-industrial feed. A total of 90 Noi chickens at 4 weeks of age were completely randomized design with 3 treatments: the control treatment (treament 1) used only completely mixed feed, treament 2 supplemented with 1% garlic powder and treament 3 supplemented with 1% crushed garlic in the diet, each treatment was replicated 5 times with 6 chicks per time. The results showed that chickens were raised in treament 2 and treatment 3 significantly higher bodyweight than control at the end of 13 weeks of age. However, weight gain and FCR of chickens in treament 3 were the best in this experiment, adding 1% of garlic powder to diet increased the growth and breast rate while reducing the FCR of the Noi chicken. The slaughter at the end of experiment also showed that dietary treatments had significant effect on female chicken’s breast meats rate (P<0.05) as compared to the control.
