Vol. 10, Issue 3, Part F (2025)

Author(s): N Karthikeyan, G Prabakar, R Dhinesh Kumar, M Thangapandiyan and P Ravi

Abstract: A biological study was carried out to investigate the effect of dietary incorporation of polyherbal and brown sea weed on the performance, carcass characteristics and serum biochemistry in broilers. A total of 360 newly hatched straight run broiler chicks were randomly divided into three treatment groups with three replicates of 40 chicks each per treatment. The chicks were fed with four experimental diets; Control diet, Control + 0.01% Poly herbal (T₁), Control+ 0.1% brown sea weed (T₃). The experiment was carried out for six weeks with standard managemental Practices. The eviscerated carcass weight, giblet weight and Ready-to-cook yield showed significantly (p<0.05) higher in birds fed with 0.01% poly herbal supplemented treatment group and there was no significant difference in pre slaughter weight and de bleeding weight. Intestinal length was significantly (p<0.05) higher in T₂ treatment group. Dietary inclusion of poly herbal and seaweed significantly (p<0.05) reduced total protein, glucose and cholesterol and there was no significant difference was observed in Triglycerides, ALT, AST, Albumin, urea and creatinine. The supplementation of polyherbal and brown sea weed resulted in reduced cholesterol level in serum, increased intestinal length and improved carcass characteristics in broiler chicken.

DOI: 10.22271/veterinary.2025.v10.i3f.2158