author(s)
Kiran Chikwa, SS Atkare, JK Bhardwaj, RP Nema, Jitendra Kumar, Pratibha Padwar and Rashmi Viswakarma

abstract
An experiment was conducted to study the effect of dietary supplementation of shatavari (Asparagus racemosus), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) and vitamin E on the performance of coloured broilers. Result indicated that 1% Shatavari root powder (SRP) significantly improve body weight, feeding efficiency, conformation traits (Breasr angle, Shank length and Keel length) and carcass yield over control broilers. 1% Ashwagandha root powder (ARP) and 200mg/kg vitamin E did not show significant difference for these traits except feeding efficiency. Combination of 1% SRP with 1% ARP (T₄), 1% SRP with 200mg/kg vitamin E (T₅) or all three together (T₇) significantly improved performance than its single effect. T₇ treatment group was than superior among all treatments.