1Department of Animal Nutrition, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Namakkal-637002, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding Author Email: dr.gomathi1991@gmail.com
The present study was conducted to evaluate the synergistic effect of cinnamon oil and sodium butyrate on growth performance of broiler chicken. Day-old broiler chicks (Vencobb, n=216) were distributed into six experimental groups with six replicates and six birds in each replicate. The experimental groups were fed with control ration (T1), ration with oxytetracycline (OTC) antibiotic (T2), ration with cinnamon oil (CO) at 250 mg per kg and coated sodium butyrate either at 0.09 (T3) or 0.18 (T4) per cent and ration with cinnamon oil at 500 mg per kg and coated sodium butyrate either at 0.09 (T5) or 0.18 (T6) per cent. Coated sodium butyrate (CSB) used was lipid encapsulated sodium butyrate. The trial was carried out in deep litter pen for 35 days. Birds in the group with CO at 250 mg per kg and CSB either at 0.09 (T3) or 0.18 (T4) per cent levels and CO at 500 mg per kg and CSB at 0.09 per cent (T5) showed comparable performance in terms of weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency to that of birds supplemented with antibiotic in feed (OTC-50 mg/kg). Cinnamon oil at 500 mg per kg and CSB at 0.09 per cent (T6) significantly (P<0.01) elicited poor performance in terms of weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency. It was concluded that the low level of cinnamon oil at 250 mg/kg and coated sodium butyrate 0.09 per cent of ration effectively improved the performance of broilers.
Cinnamon oil, Coated sodium butyrate, Antibiotic, Broiler, Growth performance
