Effect of Aqueous Extract of Melia Azedarach L., Anastatica Hierochuntic and Enrofloxacin Antibiotic on Live Broiler Performance

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this trial was to compare between enrofloxacin antibiotic and aqueous extract of Melia azedarach and Anastatica hierochuntica L on live broiler performance, 270 one day unsexed chicks were distributed into 6 treatments which was replicated three times, 45 chicks/tret. (15 chicks/repl.), the control was the 1st treat., Enrofloxacin "antibiotic" at rate of 0.5 mg/ml was the second treatment, aqueous herbal extract (10 and 15 mg herbs per ml of tap water resp.) of Anastatica hierochuntic in 2nd and 3rd treatment , and Melia azedarach in 5th and 6th treatment respectively. Herbal plants were collected locally (Ramady city, AL-Anbar province, Iraq) from October to November, to get 10 and 15 mg per ml concentration, 5 and 7.5 g of powder herbal plants were dissolved in 500 ml of tap water respectively, enrofloxacin antibiotic were used at rate of 0.5 mg per ml according to manufacturing directions. The results of this experiment revealed that the chicks without any treatment have a increase significantly in 4th week of broiler age, weight gain and relative growth rate of 21 days in trial, in comparison with the same traits between the rest treatments at 28 and 49 days of broiler age, herbal extracts significantly decreased body weight, accumulative weight gain and relative growth rate (29-49 days and 1 to 49 days), on the other hand, there was non-significant differences between enrofloxacin treatment and herb treatments in final body weight, accumulative (29 to 49 day and 1-49 days) body weight gain and relative growth weight.