Effect of Dietary Melissa officinalis and Laurus nobilis on Some Microbial Traits of Broiler

Authors : Husam H. NAFEA, Bahaa İ. HAMID, Baraa H. MOUSA

Pages : 121-125

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Publication Date : 2018-12-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study was conducted at poultry field of animal production department / faculty of agriculture – university of Anbar, in the alternative site insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Abu-Ghraib);. This study lasted for 35 days. The experiment aimed to study the addition of Melissa officinalis and Laurus nobilis and their mixture to the diet at levels of 0, 2, 4 and 6  gm/km  feed on the microbial traits of broiler. For this study insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(240); one day old unsexed broilers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Ross 308); were used with an average weight of 40 gm. The chicks were distributed on ten treatments with three replicates per treatment insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(24 chicks / treatment);. The total bacterial count and aerobic bacterial count were counted for chicken faces. The results of this study showed a decrease in the number of total air bacteria and the count of the colon bacteria under study by increasing the levels of Laurus nobilis, Melissa officinalis and mixture compared to control treatment. The study also showed the inhibitory effect on the count of colon bacteria and the count of air bacteria as affected by using different levels of Laurus nobilis compered to Melissa officinalis and the combination between them.
Keywords : Melissa officinalis, Laurus nobilis, Microbial, Broiler