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The study evaluated the effects of supplementing broiler chicken diets with a garlic-based growth promoter (G-PRO naturo) as a natural alternative to antibiotic growth promoters. 360 one-day-old broiler chicks were fed either a basal diet, basal diet + 250 ppm G-PRO naturo, or basal diet + 500 ppm virginiamycin (positive control) for 42 days. Supplementing with G-PRO naturo improved body weight gain and feed efficiency compared to the negative control and reduced intestinal salmonella and E. coli counts. The results suggest that G-PRO naturo has potential to improve broiler growth performance as a natural alternative to antibiotic growth promoters.

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The study evaluated the effects of supplementing broiler chicken diets with a garlic-based growth promoter (G-PRO naturo) as a natural alternative to antibiotic growth promoters. 360 one-day-old broiler chicks were fed either a basal diet, basal diet + 250 ppm G-PRO naturo, or basal diet + 500 ppm virginiamycin (positive control) for 42 days. Supplementing with G-PRO naturo improved body weight gain and feed efficiency compared to the negative control and reduced intestinal salmonella and E. coli counts. The results suggest that G-PRO naturo has potential to improve broiler growth performance as a natural alternative to antibiotic growth promoters.

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The study evaluated the effects of supplementing broiler chicken diets with a garlic-based growth promoter (G-PRO naturo) as a natural alternative to antibiotic growth promoters. 360 one-day-old broiler chicks were fed either a basal diet, basal diet + 250 ppm G-PRO naturo, or basal diet + 500 ppm virginiamycin (positive control) for 42 days. Supplementing with G-PRO naturo improved body weight gain and feed efficiency compared to the negative control and reduced intestinal salmonella and E. coli counts. The results suggest that G-PRO naturo has potential to improve broiler growth performance as a natural alternative to antibiotic growth promoters.

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International Journal of Poultry Science

Effects of a Garlic Active Based Growth Promoter on Growth


Performance and Specific Pathogenic Intestinal Microbial
Counts of Broiler Chicks
Shiva Kumar, K.C. Sharadamma and P.M. Radhakrishna
Provimi India Innovation Centre, Yelahanka New Town, Bangalore, 560 106, Karnataka, India

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The present study was conducted to determine whether dietary supplementation of a natural nonantibiotic garlic active based
growth promoter i.e. G-PRO naturo would be used as a natural alternative to antibiotics growth promoters in broiler diets.
Three hundred sixty, 1-day-old straight run broiler chicks (Cobb 400) were randomly divided into 3 treatment groups of 20 birds
each with 6 replicates. The groups were 1) Negative control (basal diet), 2) G-PRO naturo 250 ppm (+ basal diet) 3) Positive
Control (basal diet + Virginamycin) 500 ppm. The basal diets (starter/grower: 0-21 d, finisher 22-42 d) were based on maize
and soybean meal. Each group was fed ad libitum with its own diets for a period of 42 days. Light was provided 24 h each day
throughout. Water was always available. The body weight gains of birds were measured individually and feed consumption
and feed conversion efficiency (g feed: g weight) were calculated weekly. At the end of the experiment all birds were sacrificed
to determine intestinal microbial count. The results obtained in the experiment showed that the garlic based additive
supplementation affected some performance parameters significantly (p<0.05). Addition of G-PRO naturo at 250 ppm to the
diets improved body weight and feed conversion efficiency. The results obtained in the experiment also showed that the
supplement was able to reduce the salmonella and E. coli counts in the intestine when in comparison to the negative control. It
could be concluded that G-PRO naturo supplementation, at 250 ppm to broiler diets could have potential to improve growth
performance of broilers.
Key Word :
Broiler diets, garlic, antimicrobial agents
Volume 9, Number 3, - 2010 , ISSN 1682-8356

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