Effect the addition of Anis seed(Pimpinella anisum L.) powder on production performance and some blood and biochemical parameters in broiler chickens

Abstract

This study was conducted at commercial farm for broiler which is located in Diwaniya city,from 1/4/2013 to 20/5/2013 to estimate the effect supplementation of two concentration of Anis seeds powder to feed  on production performance and some blood traits and blood biochemical parameters of broiler chickens by using (150) broiler chicken (Hubbard) at one day old which have been randomly distributed to three treatments by two replication per treatment(25 chicks per replication),this chicks divided into  the following:

    T1:representing controle group eating the basal feed without addition of Anis seeds, While T2  representing the group which eating the basal feed plus 50 mg/kg of Anis seeds powder  to feed along the period of experiment and T3 representing the group which eating the basal feed plus 150 mg/kg of Anis seeds powder  to feed  along the period of experiment.

The results  were revealed that Anis seeds powder supplementation to the feed in the (T2,T3) showed high significant increase( p<0.05) in body weight,gain weight,feed intake,dressing percentage compared with control treatment and significant decreasing( p<0.05) in mortality rate in T3 compared with control group.The addition of Anis seed powder lead to high significant increasing (p<0.05)in Hb concentration and packed cell volume %,total protein,albumin,globulin in treatment groups compared with control group.