Okra fruit: Enhancing broiler meat quality

A phytogenic additive – ’Okra fruit’ – has been shown to improve the meat quality of broilers. Eating this fruit also improves the bird’s health status as it possesses, among other characteristics, antibacterial, anthelmintic, and antioxidant properties. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), also known as lady’s finger or ochro, is an economically important vegetable crop that is commonly grown in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. It is mainly cultivated for its seeds a