Nutrigenomic evaluation of garlic (Allium sativum) and holy basil (Ocimum sanctum) leaf powder supplementation on growth performance and immune characteristics in broilers.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

In this study, a planned research work was conducted to investigate the nutrigenomic aspects of supplementation of Allium sativum (garlic) and Ocimum sanctum (holy basil) leaf powder on the growth performance and immune characteristics of broilers.

Materials and methods

A 6 weeks feeding trial was conducted with 280-day-old Ven Cobb broilers, distributed randomly into seven experimental groups. Each treatment had 4 replicates with 10 birds each. The birds of the control group (T₁) were fed a basal diet formulated as per BIS standards. The broilers of treatment groups T₂ and T₃ were fed basal diet supplemented with the commercially available garlic powder (GP) at levels of 0.5% and 1.0% of the feed, respectively, while broile

SUBMITTER: Sheoran N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5301171 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature