Affiliation:
1. ATATURK UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, VETERINARY MEDICINE PR.
2. ERZURUM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
3. ATATURK UNIVERSITY, KARS FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, VETERINARY MEDICINE PR.
4. ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Abstract
Momordica charantia (MC) is one of the most often used medicinal plants, a rich source of vitamins and minerals. This study aimed to assess the effects of a food supplementation of MC extract at various doses (0, 0.15, 0.30, 0.45 g kg-1) on the performance, carcass yield, meat quality, intestinal morphology, and some blood parameters in broilers. A total of 288 Ross 308 broiler chicks (1 day old) were used in the experiment. Animals were divided into 4 groups with 6 replicates. Feed intake (FI), daily weight gain (DWG), feed conversion rate (FCR), and carcass yield were unaffected by MC extract supplementations. The group treated with a high dosage of MC extract had significantly lower serum phosphor (P) levels than the other groups (P
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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