Effect of dietary dried oregano leaves supplementation on performance and carcass characteristics of growing lambs

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 285-295

  Bampidis, V A ^a   Christodoulou, V ^a   Florou Paneri, P ^b   Christaki, E ^b   Spais, A B ^b   Chatzopoulou, P S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carcass characteristics; Dried oregano leaves; Lamb; Performance

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; ORIGANUM VULGARE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 20344377182     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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