author(s)
Nileshkumar Pagrut, Subha Ganguly, Shashi Tekam and Piyusha Bhainsare

abstract
A study was conducted to assess the effect of garlic supplementation in diets of broiler as a replacement antibiotic on productive performance of the broilers. Thirty one day old broiler chicks were separated into 3 groups reared for a period of 6 weeks. The groups were assigned to receive the treatment diet as follows: Group 3 served as control and was fed ration without any supplementation (basal diet); whereas group 2 and 1 were fed diet contained supplementary raw garlic powder at 0.5 and 1.0 Kg/ton diet respectively. The birds (in group B) using ration supplemented with 0.5kg/ton garlic gained the highest live weight (g) among the treated groups and the best-feed conversion ratio although they consumed the same food (p < 0.05). It is therefore concluded that dietary inclusion of garlic in the rations may be used for economical and efficient production of broilers.