EFFICACY OF HERBAL METHIONINE (NUTRI-METHIONINE) SUPPLEMENTATION WITH SYNTHETIC DL-METHIONINE ON GROWTH OF BROILER CHICKEN

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of herbal Methionine (Nutri Methionine) and synthetic DL- Methionine supplementation on the performance of broiler chicken. One hundred thirty five day old broiler chicks were divided into three groups with three replicates having fifteen chicks in each replicate. T1 group birds were fed with the control diet without any supplemental Methionine. T2 group birds were fed diet supplemented with synthetic DL- Methionine and T3 group were fed with diet supplemented with herbal Methionine. Results indicated that the body weight gain was significantly (P<0.05) improved in the herbal Methionine (Nutri-Methionine) supplemented groups. Feed intake was significantly (P<0.05) lower in the herbal in the herbal Methionine supplemented group when compared with the other two groups. Similarly feed conversion ratio was improved linearly with a significant (P<0.05) improvement. There was a significant (P<0.05) elevation in serum glucose levels with a notable reduction in the serum cholesterol levels in the herbal methionine (Nutri-Methionine) supplemented group. It was concluded that herbal Methionine (Nutri-Methionine) supplementation in the broiler diets enhanced the overall performance broiler birds.