The effects of selected herbal dietary supplements on the growth
performance and carcass quality of broiler chicken were investigated. Three hundred and
eight day-old, male broiler chicks of Indian River strain were randomly allotted to seven
experimental diets namely negative control, 0.0125% flavomycin (positive control), 0.1%
Moringa leaf powder (MLP), 0.05% Moringa leaf powder, 0.035% Zigbir (commercial
herbal product), 0.1% Moringa fruit powder (MFP) and 0.05% Moringa fruit powder, in a
complete randomized design. Each treatment contained 44 birds with four replicates of 11
birds each. The body weights and feed consumption was recorded at weekly intervals. Body
weight gains and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were calculated. On 42nd day birds were
slaughtered and the weight after bleeding, weight after defeathering, total organ weight and
dressed weight of individual birds were measured. The carcass quality parameters such as
abdominal (fat around gizzard, vent and heart) and subcutaneous (neck, breast and leg) fat
contents of five samples from each replicate were determined. The study revealed that all
selected herbal dietary supplements significantly (P