Abstract
The current study was conducted in poultry farm which belong to department of animal production, college of Agriculture, University of Kufa during the period from 11/3/2018 to 15/4/2018. The study included 3 standard treatment groups respectively containing 1, 2, 3 gm of Dill / kg of feed in addition to control group (0 gm/kg). 120 unsexed chicks (Ross 308) with one day of age were used with initial weight averaged 40.5 gm. Closed hall was used and divided into pens each pen about 3m2 of area and the chicks were distributed randomly in the four treatments with 30 chick for each treatment. Each treatment composed of three replicates (10 chicks each) distributed randomly in pens and the period continue till the 5th week of age. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of adding Dill (Anethum graveolens) leaves powder in the diets of broiler on some physiological properties. Results showed a significant effect of dill addition on PCV while no significant effects on hemoglobin, globulin, red blood cells, total protein, glucose and cholesterol.
