Aqueous extract from different medicinal plants as anticoccidial, growth promotive and immunostimulant in broilers.

A study was planned to investigate the role of aqueous extract from Garlic (Allium sativum), Ginger (Zingiber officinale), Neem (Azadirachta indica) and Berberry (Berberis lycium) fed in-mix for their effect upon growth performance, immunomostimulant and anticoccidial in broilers. Two hundred and fourty chicks were randomly allocated in to four groups A, B, C and D, and further into two subgroups, each consisted of three replicates of 10 chicks per replicate. All the birds were raised in individual pens beneath the same house operating under conventional deep litter, open sided housing system. Group A was treated as control, whereas group B, C and D were watered with the corresponding recipe: a mixture of aqueous extract from Garlic (Allium sativum), Ginger (Zingiber officinale), Neem (Azadirachta indica) and Berberry (Berberis lycium). Recipe B consisted of aqueous extract of 2, 4, 1, 8; recipe C of 3, 5, 2, and 9 and recipe D of 4, 6, 3, and 10 g of Garlic (Allium sativum), Ginger (Zingiber officinale), Neem (Azadirachta indica) and Berberry (Berberis lycium) respectively, mixed per liter drinking water. The experiment lasted for 35 days. Growth rate, immune performance against Newcastle disease, Infectious Bronchitis, Infectious bursal disease and Coccidiosis were response parameters. At the end of research trail, weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were non-significantly varied. Better Immune performance (P<0.05) was found in recipe-D treatment against ND, IB and IBD. A significant decrease in coccidial oocysts per gram of feaces was registered in recipe-D. Mean gross return was non significantly varied. Present findings suggest that aqueous mixed extract of medicinal plants is better for immunomodulatory response against ND, IB, and IBD and to reduce coccidial oocysts burden, without affecting growth of the broilers.