Evaluating the Effects of Aqueous Extract from Sage Leaves Powder and Licorice, Individually and in combination, on The Productive Performance of Peking Ducks

Abdullah, Omer I.; Al-Yasiry, Ali; Mahdi, Mohammed; Al-Gharawi, Jassim

doi:10.21608/ejvs.2024.269189.1847

Evaluating the Effects of Aqueous Extract from Sage Leaves Powder and Licorice, Individually and in combination, on The Productive Performance of Peking Ducks

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tikrit University, Republic of Iraq.

² Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ibn Sina , Republic of Iraq.

³ Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Republic of Iraq

⁴ Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Al-Muthanna, Republic of Iraq

10.21608/ejvs.2024.269189.1847

Abstract

This study was conducted in Al-Muthanna University, College of the Agriculture to investigate the impact of aqueous extract of medicinal plants on the Chinese duck, conducted in a private field for duck rearing in Al-Muthanna Governorate, from 5/11/2021 to 11/1/2022, by 180 ducklings weighing about 42 gm, Randomly the experimental animals was distributed in four groups, T1 group: control group without any additives. T2 group: added 5 ml sage leaves water extract per 1 liter of drinking water. T3 group: added 5 ml of licorice water extract per 1 liter of drinking water. T4 group: added 2.5 ml of water extract of the mixture to each of the leaves of sage and licorice per 1 liter of drinking water for each extract. The results indicated that the groups T2, T3 and T4, led to a significant improvement on the productive performance of the white Peking ducks compared to the T1 group. The treatment of water extract mixture of sage leaves and licorice gave the best results, significant.

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