Natural antibiotic effect of turmeric in poultry management

Maintaining poultry without antibiotics increases the rate of mortality in poultry. It has been stated that the supplementation of antibiotics in regular diet reduces the morbidity and mortality, as well as overall growth of broiler chickens. Using these commercially available antibiotics may show it adverse effect on the public health by developing the antibiotic resistant micro flora. Considering this harmful effect, many developed countries have made it legally not to use in-feed antibiotics. Poultry industry needs to develop an alternative method to provide antibiotic potential to the chickens, in order to enhance the rate of production. It is reported recently that turmeric falls in such class of medicinal plant that provides an alternative method of natural antibiotic to feed poultry farm. Turmeric supplementation could effectively acts on growth, egg production and health status of chickens. Keywords: Turmeric; Poultry; Antibiotics; Anti-inflammation