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The experiment was carried out on 270 day old broiler chicks which were randomly allocated into six treatments (T 1 , T 2 , T 3 , T 4 , T 5 and T 6 ) with three replicates of each containing 15 birds.The basal diet (maize and soybean meal) was control (T1), while the other experimental diets T 2 , T 3 , T 4 , T 5 and T 6 were formulated with incorporation of 1% fenugreek seed powder, 1% turmeric rhizome powder, 0.25% fenugreek seed powder and 0.75% turmeric rhizome powder, 0.5% fenugreek seed powder and 0.5% turmeric rhizome powder and 0.75% fenugreek seed powder and 0.25% turmeric rhizome powder, respectively along with the basal diet.Body weight gain was significantly (P<0.01)highest in T 6 , T 5 and T 4 groups and lowest in T 1 .Feed intake was highest (P<0.01) in T 3 group followed by T 1 , T 4 , T 2 , T 5 and lowest in T6.FCR was significantly (P<0.01)improved in combination groups (T 6 , T 5 and T 4 groups) as compared to other groups.No significant effect on retention (%) of DM, EE and CF as compared to control.Whereas, CP retention (%) was highest (P<0.05) in T 2 and T 6 groups as compared to other groups.Feed cost per kg live weight gain was lowest (P<0.01) in T 6 , T 5 and T 4 groups and highest in T 1 .
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