Vol. 9, Issue 1, Part D (2025)

This research occurred in the animal facility of the Animal Production Branch at the College of Agriculture, University of Karbala, from October 6, 2022, to November 9, 2022 (35 days), to examine the impact of incorporating varying concentrations of anise aqueous extract into drinking water on the productiveness of broiler chickens. The experiment utilized 180 unsexed Roos-308 strain chicks sourced from a local hatchery in the Karbala Governorate, each with an initiation weight of 40 g.
Each of the four groups was given a random number of chicks; there were fifteen chicks per group. Each group had three replicates. The following was the breakdown of the treatments: In the first trial, participants consumed a control diet. In the second trial, water with an anise extract concentration of 10 ml/liter was added. In the third trial, water with a concentration of 20 ml/liter was added. In the fourth trial, water with a concentration of 30 ml/liter of anise extract was added.
According to the results, compared to the control treatment, all treatments that included anise water in drinking water had significantly better average live body weight, weekly weight gain, feed consumption, and feed conversion ratios for all weeks (p<0.01). In terms of the production index measure, the results demonstrated that the addition treatments (T2, T3, and T4) were significantly better than the initial treatment (control) (p<0.01). Results show that broiler chicken productivity is positively and significantly affected by adding anise aqueous extract to drinking water at concentrations of 10, 20, and 30 ml/L.