Effects of dietary essential oil components on growth performance, digestive enzymes and lipid metabolism in female broiler chickens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 450-457

  Lee, K W ^a   Everts, H ^a   Kappert, H J ^a   Frehner, M ^b   Losa, R ^b   Beynen, A C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Crina SA Akzo Nobel   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CINNAMALDEHYDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; THYMOL; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACROLEIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHICKENS; DIGESTION; EATING; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; OILS, VOLATILE; ORGAN SIZE; THYMOL; WATER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0242490559     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0007166031000085508     Document Type: Article

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