EFFECT OF PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI ON THE NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY OF LAYING CHICKEN

Résumé

Herbal and plant medicine have become acceptable solution to the negative effects of prescription medications. Livestock industry has identified and accepted the use of herbal and plant medicine due to the sight effect of contemporary medications. The Poultry Unit of The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, was the experimental site where how Phyllanthus niruri affected the ability of layer birds (Issa brown) to assimilate nutrients was carried out. The data were examined using One-Way ANOVA. The crude protein digestibility of birds given T4 was found to be significantly greater (P<0.05) at 23.71%. than
those on T1 (14.47%) which also was higher to those fed T3 (1.06%) and those on T2 (3.78%). It was concluded that Phyllanthusniruri supplementation to the diets improved the feacal digestibility of crude protein, crude fibre and ash of laying chicken.