Influence of Adding Sage and Juniper Plant Powder and Their Mixture in the Productive Traits of Broiler (Ross 308)

Abstract

This study was conducted to know effect of adding some medicinal plants represented by sage and juniper powder to the broiler chicks' diet, and the extent of their effect productive. Two- hundred-forty ,  unsexed  broiler chicks (1 day old) broiler chickens were used, strain Ross (308), were reared for fiveweeks in animal production farm affiliated to College of Technology / Al-Musaib. The chicks were fed on a basal diet without any addition which represented (T1), adding 5 g/kg feed with juniper leaf powder  represented (T2) adding 5 g/kg feed with sage  powder  represented (T3)adding 5 g/kg feed with juniper leaf powder  +  5 g/kg feed with sage  powder  represented (T4). The chicks were reared under controled conditions for breeding of temperature, light and humidity. birds reared in four groups with eight replicates. Each treatment contained 60 chicks divided into two equal repeats  with 30 chicks for each replicate. The results showed that adding plant powder sage and juniperwere recorded significant improvement livebody weight of birds and body weight gain duringexperimental period (5 weeks). The addition of these medicinal plants reduced feed consumption, improved feed conversion ratio, and increased carcass weight compared with control group