Grommune: Morinda citrifolia-based herbal tonic for growth and immunity for commercial broilers

Abstract

A herbal tonic (Grommune) was prepared from Morinda citrifolia fruit juice and fed to the broilers at various levels viz., 5 ml, 10 ml and 15 ml, and one group was kept as control. The result revealed that highest body weight (3.06 ± 0.10 kg) and better feed conversion ratio (FCR; 2.53) were recorded in the group fed with 15 ml of tonic as compared to the other groups though it was not significantly higher. The humoral immune response revealed significantly higher titre values with increase in level of tonic supplementation. The result indicated that feeding of herbal tonic at the dosage of 15 ml per bird up to 4 weeks and 30 ml per bird up to 8th week of age improved the body weight, FCR and immune competency status of broilers.

Keywords:

• broiler
• growth
• immunity
• Morinda citrifolia

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the director, CARI for providing the necessary facilities to carry out the research work.