Abstract: In order to explore the effect of Chinese herbal medicine, probiotics and its mixture on broiler production traits, the writer divided 3500 chickens into 7 groups randomly, including the blank control group, where broilers were fed on basic feedstuff, the antibiotics control group, where broilers were fed on basic feedstuff and 500 mg/kg bacitracin zinc,the Chinese herbal medicine group 1, the Chinese herbal medicine group 2, the probiotics group, the Chinese herbal medicine and probiotics mixture group 3, the Chinese herbal medicine and probiotics mixture group 4. All the five groups were fed on additional 0.5% their own variations and basic feedstuff.There were five repeats in each group.The results were as follows: compared with the control group, the Chinese herbal medicine and probiotics mixture group 3 had significant differences at the body weight, the feed conversion and the mortality elimination rate of broilers .However, there was no significant difference between group 3 and the antibiotics control group, but its effect was better than any other treatment group.The results indicated the Chinese herbal medicine and probiotics mixture group 3 had better effect on disease-resistant performance and growth promotion, thus, it could be used as a substitute for antibiotics.

Key words: Chinese herbal medicine; probiotics; broilers; production performance