Effect of adding crushed Ginger and Celery seeds and their combinations to the Broiler Breeder (Ross) diets on productive and reproductive performances and their reflection on progeny performance

	Effect of adding crushed Ginger and Celery seeds and their combinations to the Broiler Breeder (Ross) diets on productive and reproductive performances and their reflection on progeny performance
journal of kerbala university
Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 0, 2014, Pages 284-292 PDF (0 K)
Abstract
This study was carried out at the Poultry Research Station belong to state Board of Agricultural (Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Abu Graib). The duration of this study was from 28-11-2010 to 15-5-2011 to evaluate the supplementation of different levels of crushed seeds of Apium gravelns and Zingber officinale on some productive and reproductive performances and their reflection on progeny performance. A total of 432 hen and 36 rosters (Ross308) were used in this study. Experimental treatments were as follow: T1 (control diet) without any supplementation; T2 and T3 included addition of 2.5 and 5.0 kg/ton of crushed ginger; T4 and T5 Induced 2.5 and 5.0 kg/ ton crushed celery seeds and T6, T7, T8 and T9 included combination of crushed ginger and celery seeds at levels of 2.5: 2.5, 2.5: 5.0, 5.0: 2.5 and 5.0: 5.0 respectively. The results showed the followings: 1- There were significant increases (P≤0.05) in egg production (%H.D.), egg weight (g), egg mass (g/day) and relative weight of the eggshell (%), and significant decrease in the proportion of hatched eggs (%) for additive treatments and especially for combinations treatments. 2- The results indicated to get a significant increase in the fertility (%) in the second, third, fifth, seventh and ninth treatments ranging from 9.0 to 11.8% compared with control, which recorded 81.2%. Achieved treatments of addition celery seeds, ginger and its combinations increase in the percentage of hatched eggs of fertilized ranged from 1.6 to 4.4% compared to the control treatment, which recorded 81.8%; But when calculating the percentage of increase in hatched eggs for the proportion of total has achieved a 4.1-14.23% compared to the control treatment which were 65.9%. 3- There were significant differences in body weight, feed conversion ratio and dressing percentage of resulting offspring, which can be attributed to an improvement in internal physiology of maternal as a result of anti-oxidant activity for many of the active substances in these feed additives, and the improvement made in nutritional, health and immune status due to added celery seeds, ginger or its combinations probably was reflected positively on resulting offspring.

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