Comparative efficacy of herbal and synthetic amino acids for growth performance and hepatoprotective action in broiler chickens

A study was conducted to see the comparative effect of herbal product containing natural source of choline, methionine, lysine and biotin with synthetic amino acids on growth performance and hepatoprotection in broiler chickens. Seventy five healthy day old Vencob broiler chicks of nearly similar live body weight were equally divided into three groups, comprising twenty five chicks each. Group- I was positive control fed with the standard basal diet without any supplementation. Group-II was fed with basal diet supplemented with herbal phytoadditive (AV/CAP/18) @ 2Kg/tonne of feed (supplied by M/S Ayurvet Ltd., Baddi, H.P., India). Group-III was fed with basal diet supplemented with synthetic choline chloride (600gm/tonne), synthetic methionine (1kg/tonne), synthetic lysine (1kg/tonne) and biotin (150mg/tonne). At the end of sixth week,