The objective of this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding purslane extract on
performance and some blood parameters of female broiler chicks. A total of 240 one days old chicks were
divided into 3 treatments and were further subdivided into 4 replicates with 20 birds on each in
randomized experimental design. The treatments were divided as basal diet with no purslane extract kept
as control 20 ppm of purslane extract and 200 gr /ton virginiamycine antibiotic respectively. The body
weight gains and feed consumption of chicks were measured individually, feed conversion efficiency
were calculated weekly. At the end of experimental period, 4 female birds form each replicates (totally 48
birds) were slaughtered for determination of other parameters. Also dressing percentage was calculated
free from giblets and some other organs were weighed separately as percentage of carcass weight. Also
for hematological determination (cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and lowdensity
lipoprotein (LDL) levels) blood sample were taken and were referred to laboratory. To determine
of some immune response at 28 and 30 days of age some blood samples were collected and antibody titers
against New Castle Vaccine and SRBC were measured. Data from current study showed that use of
Purslane extract FI, BW and FCR compared to control. As result showed that abdominal fat was increased
(p≤0.05) were chicks fed by Purslane extract. Also the heart percentage was higher than control. Carcass
weight was at the lowest on T1 and at the highest on T4. There were no significant differences between
treatments about liver, spleen, bursa fabrius and carcass percentage. Purslane extract tended to decrease
the blood Triglyceride level of the birds also reducing the cholesterol level only in T1 and T2. Data
showed that HDL and LDL tented to increase in experimental groups. Broilers immune response data
showed that supplementing broiler chickens with Purslane extract increased HI and SRBC none
significantly at 28 and 30 days old chicks respectively. In conclusion we could demonstrate that purslane
extract may be used as ingredient in chicks ration up to 20ppm without harming effects on performance of
broiler chicks.