Effect of Adding Cinnamon Cassia in Diet on Productive Performance and Some Blood Measurements for Broiler ROSS308

This experiment was conducted to study the effect of different levels of cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) Powder Supplementation in productive performance and some blood Characteristics for broiler chicken. Three hundred and sixty unsexed broiler chicks one day old Rose 308. The chicks were give a ration without any additive for the first week and at the beginning of the second week of age chicks were feed one of four level of cinnamon powder 0, 0.4, 0.8 and 1.2% it's represents T1, T2, T3and T4 which was distributed by the chicks randomly and three replicates per treatment (30 chicks/treatment). Results of the experiment showed that the addition of cinnamon to the diet has led to a significant increase(P <0.05) for body weights and feed conversion efficiency and production index compared with control treatment. Significant differences did not appear in the feed intake, mortality percentage, dressing percentage and carcass between experimental treatments. The treatment showed Add cinnamon significant decrease in both the percentage and the level of abdominal fat and cholesterol in the blood serum compared with the control treatment, while its impact was not significant to the total protein and uric acid level in serum of birds.