Effect of Aqueous Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Extract Supplementation on Growth Performance and Production Efficiency in Broiler Chickens

An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of aqueous ginger extract supplementation on growth performance, production efficiency and return over feed cost in broiler chickens. A total of 192, day-old broiler chicks were allocated randomly into four dietary treatments with 48 birds per treatment. The dietary treatments were T1: Basal diet, T2: Basal diet + 50 ml aqueous extract of ginger in 1000 ml of water per day, T3: Basal diet + 100 ml aqueous extract of ginger in 1000 ml of water per day and T4: Basal diet + 200 ml aqueous extract of ginger in 1000 ml of water per day. The parameters studied were body weights, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, protein intake and efficiency, production efficiency and return over feed cost. Results revealed that the final body weight and overall body weight gain were significantly (P