Author(s)

Alagbe Olujimi John

Affiliation(s)

Department of Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry, Sumitra Research Institute, Gujarat, India

Corresponding Author

Alagbe Olujimi John

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of Limonium stocksii leaf powder on the growth performance and intestinal microbial population of broiler chicks. 500 -1-day old (Ross 308) broiler chicks were randomly distributed into five treatments with 5 replicates and 10 chicks in each replicate in a complete randomized design. Basal diet was adequate in all nutrients according to the requirements of birds. Birds in treatment one (T1) was fed basal diet without Limonium stocksii leaf powder while those in treatment two (T2), T3, T4 and T5 were fed same diet with Limonium stocksii leaf powder at 20 g, 40 g, 60 g and 80 g per kg diet. The experiment lasted for 28 days and chicks had unrestricted access to clean fresh water and feed. Result obtained showed that Limonium stocksii leaf powder contains several phyto-constituents with flavonoids having the highest concentration (851.4 mg/g) while coumarins had the lowest concentration of 82.63 mg/g. Average daily weight gain was higher in T5 (59.68 g/b), intermediate in T2 (54.63 g/b), T3 (54.74 g/b), T4 (54.80 g/b) and lowest in T1 (48.83 g/b) (P<0.05). Average daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio which varied from 74.18 – 78.95 g and 1.32 – 1.69 were significantly influenced by the treatment (P<0.05). Mortality was recorded only among birds fed T1 (1.21 %) (P<0.05). Intestinal microbial counts of Streptococcus spp, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas spp, Micrococcus spp and Salmonella spp ranged from 3.85 – 6.55 (cfu/g), 4.92 – 8.13 cfu/g, 2.98 – 4.11 cfu/g, 2.01 – 2.93 cfu/g, 4.74 – 7.08 cfu/g and 4.16 – 6.14 cfu/g were higher in T1 relative to the other groups. Conversely, Lactobacillus spp was lowest in T1 relative to the other treatments. In conclusion, dietary supplementation of Limonium stocksii leaf powder up to 60 g/kg positively influenced the growth performance and gastrointestinal morphology of broiler chicks.

KEYWORDS

Limonium stocksii; Growth; Microbes; Food safety; Broilers; Phyto-constituents

CITE THIS PAPER

Alagbe Olujimi John. Effect of Limonium stocksii leaf powder on the growth performance and intestinal microbial population of broiler chicks. World Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences. 2024, 2(2): 36-42. DOI: 10.61784/wjafs3006.

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