Impacts of dietary humic acid supplementation on growth performance, some blood metabolites and carcass traits of broiler chicks

MUHAMMAD ARIF; ABDUR REHMAN; MUHAMMAD SAEED; MOHAMED EZZAT ABD EL-HACK; MUHAMMAD ASIF ARAIN; MUHAMMAD HASEEBARSHAD; HAFIZ MUHAMMAD ZAKRIA; IMTIAZ HUSSAIN ABBASI

doi:10.56093/ijans.v86i9.61586

Authors

MUHAMMAD ARIF Collegeof Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
ABDUR REHMAN Collegeof Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
MUHAMMAD SAEED Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
MOHAMED EZZAT ABD EL-HACK Zagazig University, Zagazig
MUHAMMAD ASIF ARAIN Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan
MUHAMMAD HASEEBARSHAD Collegeof Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
HAFIZ MUHAMMAD ZAKRIA Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
IMTIAZ HUSSAIN ABBASI University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v86i9.61586

Keywords:

Blood cholesterol, Broiler, Carcass, Growth performance, Humic acid

Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the effect of graded levels of humic acid (HA) supplementation on broiler performance. Day-old broiler chicks (300) were randomly divided into 5 groups under completely randomized design (CRD). Five iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous broiler starter and finisher diets (HA0, HA1, HA2, HA3 and HA₄) containing 0, 0.75, 1.5, 2.25 and 3 g/kg HA, respectively, were formulated and were randomly allotted to each group. Results indicated that, during starter phase highest weight gain (WG) was observed in chicks fed HA₂ diet, but during finisher phase it was observed in birds fed HA₃ diet. Weight gain during whole experiment was also highest in broiler fed HA₃ diet. The best feed conversion ratio (FCR) was also observed in broiler fed HA₃ diets. There were no influences of humic acid on carcass weight, liver weight, heart weight, gut length, breast weight, thigh weight and abdominal fat weight. Blood glucose, urea, Ca, P, creatinine, red blood cells, white blood cells and haemoglobin were not affected by humic acid supplementation but blood cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL) level were significantly reduced (P<0.05) in HA₃ and HA₄ diets. Therefore, it could be concluded that humic acid as an organic feed additive could improve growth performance of broiler chicks and reduce levels of total and low density lipoprotein cholesterol in the blood. The best level of HA to be recommended is 2.25 g/kg diet.

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