African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6913

Review

Effect of organic bio-stimulators on broiler performance: A review

Ram Niwas
  • Ram Niwas
  • Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005 (U. P.), India.
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Devi Prasad Singh
  • Devi Prasad Singh
  • Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005 (U. P.), India.
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  •  Received: 22 June 2013
  •  Accepted: 13 May 2014
  •  Published: 22 May 2014

Abstract

Present review article was designed with the aim to see the effect of organic bio-stimulator on the performance of broilers. Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization, the demand for meat, particularly tender chicken poultry meat (broiler) is rapidly increasing day by day. The cost of feeding in poultry production alone accounts for 60 to 70% of the total farm expenditure. This cost can be minimized to some extent by adding some of the growth stimulators in the broiler chicken feed. Result revealed that a large number of growth promoting agents and herbal products are occasionally being used in poultry feed to produce lower feed intake, higher growth rate, disease resistance and higher live weight gain in the poultry. Beside, above biochemical and heamotological attributes including carcass traits is also improved. Further, the ban on the use of synthetic growth promoters in farm animals due to its residual effects on consumers and resistance build up by pathogens or bacteria necessitates the use of natural symbiotic growth promoters.

 

Key words: Biochemical, broiler, carcass, growth, heamotological.