A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of sun dried whole bulb garlic powder as phytogenic alternative to
antibiotic growth promoters in broilers. Day-old broiler chicks (225; IBL 80) were randomly distributed to 5
treatments with 3 replicates. The dietary treatments comprises of basal diet as control, antibiotic group receiving
0.1g/kg of oxytetracycline, 1.0,1.5 and 2.0% of sun-dried whole bulb garlic powder (WBGP) added to basal diet.
Daily feed intake, weekly body weight and residue left any were recorded to calculate the feed conversion and
protein efficiency ratios. At the end of fifth week 2 birds / replicate were sacrificed to determine the carcass
characteristics and meat sensory evaluation. Results revealed that supplementation of WBGP at 1.5% improved the
body weight, which is statistically comparable with the antibiotic fed group but the feed conversion ratio was
significantly lower in 1.5% WBGP supplemented group than the control and antibiotic groups. Dietary treatment
does not significantly influence the carcass characteristics except the relative heart weight. Supplementation of
WBGP significantly improved the meat quality parameters as compare to control group. From the results of present
study, it is concluded that dietary inclusion of 1.5% sun dried WBGP can be used as phytogenic alternative to
antibiotic growth promoters in broilers.