DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-994-5-0289

DIETARY ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM EFFECT ON GROWTH RATE AND FEED CONVERSION OF CHICKENS

DAVID ZAPLETAL¹, VLASTIMIL ŠIMEK¹, RADKA DOBŠÍKOVÁ¹

¹ Department of Animal Breeding, Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Palackého tř. 1946/1, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic

The aim of our study was to assess the dietary effect of Artemisia absinthium L. supplementation on the growth intensity and feed conversion of fattened chickens. A total of 120 female Ross 308 chickens at the age of 21 days were divided into 4 dietary groups. Chickens of the control group were fed a basal diet. Chickens of experimental groups were fed diets supplemented with meal of Artemisia absinthium; specifically, the A1, A5 and A10 groups were given diets with the addition of 1, 5 and 10 % Artemisia absinthium to the basal diet, resp. The supplementation of Artemisia absinthium to diets for fattened chickens led to the alteration of chicken growth rate in the assessed periods (P ˂ 0.01), however, the final BW of chickens didn’t vary among respective dietary groups (P ˃ 0.05). Within the entire experimental period, the FCR value increased with the elevating proportion of Artemisia absinthium in a diet.

Klíčová slova: diet; wormwood; meat-type chicken; production performance

stránky: 289-297, online: 2024