Vol. 7, Issue 5 (2019)
Effect of dietary inclusion of fenugreek seed and guduchi stem on meat quality of broilers in Konkan region of Maharashtra, India
Author(s): VY Bharambe, YA Garde, RG Burte
Abstract: The several herbal phyto-additives have been used to improve meat quality of broilers. During the past some years, phyto-additives in animal nutrition have attracted attention for their important role as alternatives to antibiotic growth promoter. The goal of this paper to assess the effect of dietary inclusion of fenugreek (Trigonella faenum-graecum L.) seed powder (FSP) and guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) stem powder (GSP) as herbal phyto-additive on meat quality of broilers in Konkan climatic conditions. The ‘Vencobb-400’ a day old broiler chicks were individually weighed dived into nine treatment groups including control. Each treatment replicates three times with 6 birds per replicates. The total of 18 birds per treatment were treated. The treatments were supplemented with 0.1 and 0.2 per cent FSP and GSP alone and combination of both FSP and GSP. In order to evaluate the seasonal impact on dietary inclusions of herbal phyto-additives (FSP and GSP), the research was conducted in three different seasons of Konkan region viz. summer, rainy and winter. The finding indicated that meat quality was improved with inclusion of the FSP and GSP in broiler diet during winter season. It was concluded that dietary inclusion of 0.2 per cent of FSP and GSP in broiler diet could be improved the meat quality of broilers in Konkan climatic conditions. The sensory test scores revealed that quality of meat in respect to appearance, color, odor/flavor, tenderness, juiciness and overall acceptability was differed significantly (P<0.05) among the treatment groups.
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VY Bharambe, YA Garde, RG Burte. Effect of dietary inclusion of fenugreek seed and guduchi stem on meat quality of broilers in Konkan region of Maharashtra, India. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(5):247-250.
