Feed intake and refusal were recorded
daily and body weight was measured weekly to
determined growth performance. Feed conversion
ratio was calculated as the ratio between
total feed consumption to final body weight.
Chicks were vaccinated against New Castle
and Infectious Bronchitis diseases at the age
of 6 days, and against the Infectious Bursal
Disease at the age of 14 days. Ration was formulated
every week and dried garlic was added
to the formulated ration and was properly
hand-mixed to ensure homogeneous distribution
of the powder.