Use of garlic in feed and water influence growth performances of broiler

The aim of the investigation was to observe the effect of administration methods of garlic on productivity of broiler chickens. Three hundred and forty unsexed one-day-old broiler chicks were reared for 35 days. Chicks were assigned into five treatment groups, each treatment consisted of four replicates and each replicate contained 17 birds. The dietary groups were; control (basal diet; no additives), antibiotic (basal diet + antibiotic), garlic-0.25% (basal diet + 0.25% garlic powder), garlic-0.50% (basal diet + 0.50% garlic powder) and garlic in water (basal diet + 1 colve of garlic/2 lit drinking water). The experimental diets were consisted of broiler starter (0-21 days) and broiler grower (22-35 days). Body weight, body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio of the birds were recorded every week. Results of this experiment indicate that supplementation of garlic in broiler diets significantly effect overall growth performances. Addition of garlic in water showed higher (P