Turmeric as an Antibiotic Alternative in Commercial Broiler Diets
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2017-06
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Antibiotic are called antimicrobial growth promoters used in poultry feed. It has
been proven that supplementation of antibiotics in the diets reduces morbidity and mortality.
Turmeric also improved the feed efficiency and overall growth performance in chickens.
However the routine use of this antimicrobial growth promoteris being curtailed in view of
threat to public health occurring through microbial resistance to antibiotics. Antibiotics are
banned by the European Union during 2006 due to the consequences of antimicrobial
resistance. As a need of these antibiotics in poultry industry, the industry is in the stage to
find new alternative for the antibiotics. One comparable alternative is natural sources of herbs
and medicinal plants known as phytobiotics. For last twenty years this alternative have been
increasingly claimed to increase the gut health and stimulate digestive system and enhances
the performance and health status. In this review responses of poultry diets supplemented
with turmeric on growth performance, blood parameter and carcass character were briefly
discussed.
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Veterinary Science, Animal Nutrition