ArticleVeterinary medicine international2026
Phytobiotic Supplementation as a Sustainable Alternative to Antibiotic Growth Promoters: Impacts on Growth, Carcass Traits, Blood Lipids and Faecal Microbial Characteristics in Sonali Chickens.
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The poultry industry needs safe, residue-free alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters. Phytobiotics are plant-derived feed additives that have emerged as promising alternatives, but little is known about how they affect Sonali chickens, a popular dual-purpose breed in South Asia. This study tested whether the commercial phytobiotic Novovital, given in drinking water, could improve the growth, health and profitability of Sonali birds. A total of 120-day-old chicks were divided into four groups and reared for 63 days, receiving 0 (control), 0.5, 1.0 or 1.5 mL of Novovital per litre of drinking water. The 1.0 mL/L dose significantly improved final body weight, feed conversion ratio, breast, thigh and drumstick yield, serum total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and faecal total viable bacterial count (
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