Abstract

LIVON AS THE REPLACEMENT OF SYNTHETIC LIVER TONIC EFFICIENTLY AS EVIDENT BY COMPARABLE BIRD’S GROWTH, VIABILITY, HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMEIC EFFECT

Arvind Sharma*, Shashi Ranjan and Meena Bakshi

Abstract

Supplementation of liver tonic in poultry ration is well established to improve growth, performance & to regulate lipid metabolism. Organic poultry is a relatively new expression in Western and Asian countries which is going to expand in other countries also. In this kind of poultry method, farmers do not use chemical compounds at all or in a very low level for the sake of farmers. In the present study treatment group TL was fed with basal diet supplemented with polyherbal formulation Livon while treatment group Tc was fed with basal diet supplemented with combination of synthetic liver tonic as recommended dosage. Growth & performance parameters were recorded at 21 and 35 days and a metabolic trial for nutrient retention studies was conducted at the end of study. A significant increase in mean body weight gain and mean final body weight was observed in both the treated groups as compared to untreated control. Many researchers have shown that herbal liver tonic can replace synthetic liver tonic for poultry, swine and livestock. The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of Livon to replace synthetic liver tonic for broilers from one to 21 and from 22 to 35 days of age. In this study we concluded that supplementation of Livon can replace synthetic liver tonic as evident by the comparable bird’s growth, viability, hypocholesterolemeic effect.

Keywords: Livon, Liver Tonic, Feed Conversion Rate, Cholesterol and Triglyceride.