Carcass and Internal offal characteristics of broiler finisher chickens fed whole pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) based diets, supplemented with Detoxizyme® and phytogenics

Abstract

This research was carried out to evaluate the carcass and internal offals characteristics of Hubbard strain Broiler finisher birds fed whole pearl millet based diets supplemented with Detoxizyme® and phytogenics. One hundred and eighty birds were used in the study.  There were five dietary treatments and each treatment was replicated four times. Treatment 1 served as the control diet without any additive (ginger, garlic or Detoxizyme®); Detoxizyme® 50g/100Kg diet (DT50), 500g garlic/100Kg diet (GR500), 500g/100Kg diet ginger (GG500) and mixture of 250g garlic and 250g ginger (GR250+GG250) were added as additives in treatments 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. The result of the carcass characteristics showed no significant differences across all the treatment means. Intestinal measurement revealed that only the length of the small intestine was different (P≤0.05) across the treatment means. Birds on 500g ginger/100Kg diet had lower (P≤0.05) length of small intestine. The non-significant differences among the various treatment means for the other internal offals characteristics suggests that the various additives  at the levels fed in the broiler chickens’ finisher diets had no adverse effects.