Application turmeric as antioxidant for broiler chickens

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to test the activity of turmeric as an antioxidant which is believed to be a traditional Indonesian medicine as an antioxidant therapy in broiler chickens. The study was carried out with a completely randomized design (CRD) using 100 broiler chickens distributed into 3 treatments with 5 replications and 5 each replicate. The treatments are control, commercial feed, ascorbic acid group (commercial feed and addition of ascorbic acid 60 mg per day) and turmeric group (commercial feed and addition of turmeric dose 500 mg per kg body weight. Data were analysed using variance analysis (ANOVA) and continued with Duncan's multiple range analysis. The result shows that addition of ascorbic acid 60 mg per tail per day and turmeric 500 mg per kg was not able to increase the bodyweight gain of chicken with 30 days maintenance but were able to increase the composition of the meat in the chest and thighs and reduce the total cholesterol level of broilers.