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Effect of Lemon and Orange Peel Essential Oils on Body Weight and Body Weight Gain of Broilers Reared under Treated Bedding Material with Dry Neem Leaves during Summer Season

Author: Lokesh Kumar, Rajni Arora, Praveen Pilaniya, Ravina, Sachin Chaudhary and Kusumlata Jhajhria

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Abstract

With increasing intensive poultry production systems, competent managemental practices must be adopted to combat stressful conditions. With this aim, an experiment was conducted to assess the effect of lemon and orange peel essential oils on body weight and body weight gain of broilers reared under treated bedding material with dry neem leaves during summer season. In total, 240 day-old broiler chicks (Vencobb-400) were randomly assigned to eight treatment groups, having two replicates in each viz. T1 and T5 (control groups), T2 and T6 (supplemented Lemon peel essential oil @ 200mg/kg), T3 and T7 (supplemented Orange peel essential oil @ 200mg/kg), T4 and T8 (supplemented Lemon and Orange peel essential oil both @ 200mg/kg each in combination). T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5, T6, T7, T8 were kept on saw dust and saw dust with dry neem leaves, respectively. Significant effect was observed due to dietary supplementation on body weight & average body weight gain while, effect of interaction of dietary supplementation and different bedding materials was non-significant.

Keywords

Broiler, Lemon peel oil, Orange peel oil, Anti-oxidant

Conclusion

According to the outcomes of this experimental trial, it can be deduced that dietary supplementation of Lemon and Orange peel essential oil at @ 200mg/kg level alone and in combination enhances the overall performance of broiler chicks in terms of final live weight and average body weight gain. However, bedding material and interaction effects were non-significant statistically.

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Lokesh Kumar, Rajni Arora, Praveen Pilaniya, Ravina, Sachin Chaudhary and Kusumlata Jhajhria (2024). Effect of Lemon and Orange Peel Essential Oils on Body Weight and Body Weight Gain of Broilers Reared under Treated Bedding Material with Dry Neem Leaves during Summer Season. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 16(1): 170-173.