The effect of diet supplementation with different  levels of cumin seed and oil (Cuminumcyminum)  on some productive performance traits  of broiler chickens.

	The effect of diet supplementation with different levels of cumin seed and oil (Cuminumcyminum) on some productive performance traits of broiler chickens.
Jornal of Al-Muthanna for Agricultural Sciences
Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-17
Abstract
This study was conducted at the Poultry Farm, Animal Resources department, Agriculture College, Baghdad University, from 30-9-2012 to 5-11-2012. The study the effect of supplementing different levels of cumin powder or oil on some productive performance traits of broiler chickens. Three hundred and fifteen day-old broiler chicken (Ross 308) were fed starter and finisher diets containing (22.09, 19.98)% crude protein and (2906, 3003.7) kcal ME/kg diet respectively .Cumin powder were supplemented at levels (0.5, 1,and 1.5)g/kg diet for treatments (T2,T3,and T4) .While cumin oil were supplemented at levels of(250,500,and750)mg/kg diet for treatments T5,T6,and T7.Chicks in T1 were fed on standard starter and Finisher diets and used as control group . Each treatment contain three replicate pen of (15 birds /replicate). Results of this study showed that. The data showed that mean body weight at marketing age (6 weeks old) in T6 (55 mg/kg cumin oil) were significantly higher than the control group ,the marketing BW for the two group were 2003.7 and 1897.0 gm for T6 and T1 respectively. Dietary treatment in T1, T3 ,T4 ,T5 hadn't any effect on marketing BW.

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