Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Saroj Bhati, DS Sahu, Ashwani Kumar Singh and Shri Prakash Patel

Abstract:
The experiment was undertaken to assess the impact of silymarin and chromium picolinate on growth performance of broiler chicken.180-day-old broiler chicks (Cobb-400) were randomly divided into four groups (n = 45) with three replications, 15 chicks in each. Group I acted as control without any supplementation of silymarin and chromium picolinate. However, groups II, III, and Ⅳ were supplemented with silymarin @ 500 mg/kg feed as milk thistle extract, chromium @ 400 µg/kg feed as chromium picolinate and a combination of silymarin (500 mg/kg feed) and chromium picolinate (400 µg/kg feed) respectively, from day old to 42 days age. The body weight, body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio was recorded at weekly intervals. The body weight, body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio was improved significantly (p<0.05) in the groups that received silymarin and chromium picolinate either alone or in combination as compared to the control group. The present study showed that the supplementation of silymarin and chromium picolinate in broiler chicks improved the growth performance of broiler chicken.