INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF PAWPAW (Carica papaya) ESSENTIAL OIL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF BROILERS
2023
Anorue, Daniel Nnadozie | Ubong, Friday | John, Alagbe Olujimi
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of dietary supplementation of Carica papaya essential oil (CPEO) on the growth performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens. 200 1-day Cobb 500 chicks of mixed sex were used for the seven weeks trials. In a completely randomized design 100 birds were randomly distributed into 4 groups consisting of 10 birds. Each treatment group has 5 replicates, birds in group 1 (G1) was fed basal diet with no Carica papaya essential oil, G2, G3 and G4 were fed basal diet with 100 mg, 200 mg and 300 mg/kg respectively. Clean water was supplied ad libitum. Results on overall growth performance revealed that average daily weight gain, average daily feed intake were higher (P˂0.05) in G2, G3 and G4 relative to G1. Mortality and feed conversion ratio were significantly (P˂0.05) influenced by dietary supplementation of CPEO. Higher mortality was observed in G1 while none was recorded in other treatments (P˂0.05). Dressed weight, eviscerated weight and dressing percentage were higher (P˂0.05) in G2, G3 and G4 than in other treatment group. Weight of legs, heart, spleen, gizzard, thigh, breast, back, drum stick and neck were significantly (P˂0.05) different among the groups except for the weights of the head, spleen and livers (P˃0.05). It was concluded that CPEO can be supplemented up to 300 mg/kg in the diets of broilers without negatively affecting their general performance and health status.
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