Turmeric (Curcuma longa) root powder and mannanoligosaccharides as alternatives to antibiotics in broiler chicken diets

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1495-1500

  Samarasinghe, K ^a   Wenk, C ^a,b   Silva, K F S T ^a   Gunasekera, J M D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Broiler Chicken; Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS); Turmeric

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CURCUMA; CURCUMA LONGA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0141788650     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.1495     Document Type: Article

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