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EFFECT OF ADDITION PEPPERMINT POWDER TO DIET OF FEEDED TO BROILER FOR DIFFERENT | ||
| IRAQ JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Authors | ||
| B. M. Watheq; L. A. Zaki; K. R. Ibraheem | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of this investigation was to study the effect of addition 1.5% peppermint powder to diet fed to broiler chicks for different periods. One hundred and sixty chick -Hubbard- aged one day was divided into four groups, each numbered forty with tow replicates of twenty chicks. The four feeding treatments were as follows: T1: a basic diet+1.5% added peppermint fed to chicks for first 3 weeks; T2: a basic diet+1.5% added peppermint fed to chicks for 6 weeks; T3: a basic diet+ 1.5% added peppermint fed to chicks for last 3 weeks; T4: a control diet without additives. As feeding trials terminated after 6 weeks. The following results were obtained: There were significant differences (p<0.05) in total Bacterial count for intestinal content. T4 was superior to other treatments, the lowest values was obtained with T2. The T4 was significant superiority in total coliform count as compared to other treatments. The T1, T2 and T3 were superior to T4 for Lactobacill. In can be concluded that addition of 1.5% peppermint to broiler chicks diets fed for different periods had positive impact on the intestinal balance of broiler ckicks. | ||
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