Influence of Supplementing Giloe and Cinnamon on Production Performance in Commercial Broiler Chicken

Feeding trial of 42 days was conducted to study the effect of dietary incorporation of giloe and cinnamon powder on growth performance in broiler chicken. A total of 120, day-old broiler chicks were divided randomly into 6 groups with 2 replicates of 10 chicks each viz., T₁ (control) were fed basal diet whereas in treatment group T₂, T₃ T₄ T₅ and T₆, basal diet was incorporated with 1% giloe, 2% giloe, 1% cinnamon, 2% cinnamon and combination of 1% giloe and 1% cinnamon, respectively. During the whole experimental period (42 d), incorporation of 1% giloe improved broiler performance in terms of body weight, weight gain, feed conversion ratio and performance index. Hence, increased body weight gain, better feed conversion ratio and performance index was attained by inclusion of giloe @ 1% in diet of broiler chicken.