Efficacy of Star Gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus L.) Feed Additive on the Performance of Broilers with Serum Biochemical Profile

Abstract

A study was done to find out how star gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus L.) Fruit juice affected commercial broiler live weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, carcass quality, and lipid profiles. A total of 210day-old broiler chicks (Cobb 500) were divided into five dietary treatment groups. The collected data were analyzed by using ANOVA with SPSS version 25. These groups were T0 (control diet), T1 (5 ml/L in water), T2 (7 ml/L in water), T3 (9 ml/L in water), T4 (11 ml/kg in feed), T5 (13 ml/kg in feed), and T6 (15 ml/kg in feed).The T5 group consumed the most feed overall (2829.15±19.85 g), while the T0 group consumed the least feed overall (2767.25±17.55 g). At 5 weeks of age, the T5 group had the highest body weight (2193.3315.18g), followed by the T6 group (2146.00±17.51g), T2 (2088.00±11.15g), T1 (2031.33±20.12 g), and T0 (1871.67± 13.02g), all in that order. The FCR was discovered to be lowest in T5 (1.31) and greatest in T0 (1.51), whereas the FCR of T1, T2, T3, T4, and T6 was 1.41, 1.38, 1.36, 1.35, and 1.32, respectively. The amount of star gooseberry juice has a big impact on the meat's quality. However, there were alterations that were significant (P <0.05) in the carcass weight, breast meat, drumstick meat, wing, shank weight, gizzard, head, liver, lung, skin, thigh bone, and drumstick bone. Only abdominal fat (P > 0.05) was not significant. However, there were significant (P<0.05) changes in total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, and LDL. According to the findings, star gooseberry juice can be utilized as a cost-efficient and effective natural feed addition at a rate of 13 ml per kilogram of feed to enhance the broiler chicken's overall performance.