Effect of Using Ginger and Garlic Powder as Natural Feed Additives on Performance and Carcass Quality of Broiler Chick

One-day-old cobb-400 broiler chicks (240 nos.) were randomly assigned into four dietary treatments each with three replicates of 20 chicks. Four experimental diets were formulated as control diet (T1) without ginger or garlic, while, birds in group T2, T3 and T4 were fed with diets containing 1 % garlic, 1 % ginger and a combination of 1% of garlic and ginger, respectively. Ginger supplementation at the rate of 1 % have shown improved body weight gain (g/bird), lower feed conversion ratio and improved sensory parameters. The results obtained revealed that ginger can be added at the rate of 1% of broiler ration as a viable alternative to antibiotic growth promoters for the feeding of broiler chicken.