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ABSTRACT
A study was carried out to assess the effects of different phytogenic plant additives (including Turmeric, Cloves, Black pepper) and how it affects the growth performance of broiler birds this growth performance was measured based on the following parameters (body weight, feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion ratio) these parameter were subjected to analysis. The experiment was carried out for eight weeks. This experiment was carried with 200 birds, the experimental design used was the completely randomize design (were the birds used in each treatment were selected at random to eliminate bias). Based on the analysis the findings shows that the initial weight of the broiler birds showed no significant difference(P>0.05)between all bird used in all the treatment(this is an indication that all treatment had equal odds in terms of weight gain)after the analysis of the final weight it showed that there was significant difference(P<0.05) were the final weight ranged from 2.02kg-2.82kg(this is an indication that some phytogenic are more superior than others in terms of improving their growth performance)The group administered turmeric had the highest final weight and the group administered turmeric and black pepper had the least final weight. In respect to the weight gain among treatments the analysis showed that there was significant difference (P<0.05)The group administered turmeric had the highest weight gain while the least weight gain was recorded in the group fed turmeric and black pepper. The total feed intake varied among the groups with the control group having the highest feed intake. The control group also had the highest weekly feed intake while the least was recorded in the group fed cloves. The feed conversion ratio, which measures feed efficiency, according to the analysis it showed significant difference (P<0.05) ranged from 2.16 to 3.84. The turmeric group had the lowest ratio, indicating better efficiency, while the turmeric and black pepper group had the highest ratio.
