Effect of Replacement of Antibiotic with Herbal Growth Promoter on Immunity of Broiler Chicken
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https://doi.org/10.48165/ijapm.2026.42.02.07Keywords:
Fetal sex, Gestation stage, Pregnant ewes, Reproductive physiology, UltrasonographyAbstract
Present study was conducted to observe the effect of supplementation of herbal growth promoters (Andrographis paniculata, Boerhaavia diffusa, Achyranthus aspera and Azadirachta indica) immune status in broilers. Total of 420 day old straight run Cobb-400 broiler chicks were reared upto of six weeks which were assigned randomly to each of the seven dietary treatments groups with four replicates of 15 birds each. The basal diet control (T1), basal diet +AGP (Enramycin 10%) @ 100 g/ton of feed (T2), basal diet + herbal growth promoters @ 200, 400, 600, 800 and 1000 g/ton of feed (T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7) were fed to different groups of birds. In the present study, immune parameters like antibody titer against NDV and IBDV and lymphoid organs weight were recorded and found that the T4 group, which received 400 g/ton of herbal growth promoters in their feed, exhibited significantly (P≤0.05) for NDv and immune organ weight compared to other treatment groups. Thus, it can be concluded that herbal growth promoter has positive effect on immune in commercial broiler chicken.
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