Feed additive for broiler chickens and use of lavender essential oil as a feed additive for broiler chickens

Abstract

The subject of the application is a feed additive for broiler chickens in the form of hydrogel capsules with immobilized lavender essential oil, which is characterized in that it consists of an alginate hydrogel capsule with immobilized lavender oil (Lavandula angustifolia) at a concentration of 0.4 ml / L in the capsule and is added to the prepared feed in the amount of 0.2% by weight in relation to the remaining feed ingredients. The application further covers the use of lavender essential oil as a feed additive for broiler chickens, which is characterized in that the essential oil of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) immobilized in alginate hydrogel capsules is added in an amount of 0.2% by weight in relation to the other feed ingredients, and the essential oil in the capsules has a concentration of 0.4 ml / L (a higher concentration may cause a cytotoxic effect).