Dietary Carvacrol Lowers Body Weight Gain but Improves Feed Conversion in Female Broiler Chickens

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 394-399

  Lee, K W ^a   Everts, H ^a   Kappert, H J ^a   Yeom, K H ^a   Beynen, A C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broiler; Carvacrol; Essential oil; Growth performance; Lipid metabolism; Thymol

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0942278243     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/12.4.394     Document Type: Article

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