Effect of adding Salvia officinalis leaves powder to the ration on some blood traits of broiler Ross 308

Abstract

This study was conducted at the Poultry Farm -Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture,  AL-Qasim Green University to investigate the effect of adding Salvia officinalis leaves powder to the ration on blood traits of broiler (Ross 308). 90 unsexed broiler chicks one day-old were used and randomly assigned to three treatments with 3  replicates per treatment and 10 chicks per replicate. The treatments were as follows: ( first treatment is the control)  without adding Salvia officinalis leaves powder to the diet, adding Salvia officinalis leaves powder by 1% ( second treatment), and adding Salvia officinalis leaves powder by 2% ( third treatment). The experiment included a study of the following characteristics: Red blood cell count, hematocrit (PCV), and  hemoglobin concentration. The results indicated that adding Salvia officinalis leaves powder by 1 and 2 % to broiler diet led to a significant improve (P<0.05( in red blood cell counts, PCV and  Hemoglobin concentration. It concluded from this experiment that adding 1 and 2% of Salvia officinalis leaves powder to the ration can lead to improve some blood traits of broilers.

Key words : Salvia officinalis leaves powder , blood traits , broiler.