Poultry production provides the source of protein and contributes an important income for Vietnamese farmers. Among the poultry in Viet Nam, ducks account for % of head of poultry and even % in Mekong Delta region. Along with the development of rearing ducks, bacterial, viral and fungal diseases emerging in the last two decades caused bad economic effect for poultry producer. Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica act as major pathogenic bacteria in duck. The aims of this study were to investigate the antibacterial activity of garlic Allium sativum against E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella Typhimurium and to evaluate the effect of garlic on growth performance of duck from 1-28 days old. The results indicated that fresh garlic and dried garlic powder showed inhibitory effect against pathogenic tested strains at the concentration of at least 2 % and 4 % w/v, respectively. The inhibition zones and the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of garlic extract ranged from - mm and - g/ml, respectively. After 28 days of diet with garlic supplemented, the diet containing 2 % of fresh garlic showed significantly different in weight gain, feed conversion ratio, protein efficiency ratio and average daily weight gain; whereas, the diet of adding of garlic powder in basal diet only possessed a difference significant in feed consumption compared to the control. The obtained results demonstrated the potential of garlic application in poultry production. | In vitro evaluation of antibacterial activity of garlic Allium sativum against poultry pathogens and effect of garlic supplementation on duckling growth performance
