Weekly assessment of growth performance of broilers fed diet supplemented with garlic and turmeric powder and their combination

A total of 120, day-old broiler chicks were divided randomly into 4 treatment (CRD) groups with 3 replicates each i.e. 10 broiler chicks per replicate. Chicks of treatment T1 (control) were fed basal diet without any supplementation. In the treatment group T2, T3 and T4, basal diet was supplemented with 3% garlic powder, 0.5% turmeric powder and 1.5% garlic powder plus 0.25% turmeric powder, respectively. The feeding trial lasted for 6 weeks viz., 0-3 weeks (starter phase) and 3-6 weeks (finisher phase). Body weight of individual chicks and feed intake of each replicate were recorded weekly for 6 weeks and growth performance of broilers was compared between the groups weekly.