Effect of a mixture of herbal extracts on broiler chickens infected with Eimeria tenella

Animal Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-144

  Christaki, Efterpi ^a   Florou Paneri, Panagiota ^a   Giannenas, Ilias ^a   Papazahariadou, Margarita ^a   Botsoglou, Nikolaos A ^a   Spais, Alexandros B ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Broiler chickens; Coccidiosis; Eimeria tenella; Herbal extracts; Performance

Indexed keywords

AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 2342475839     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2004006     Document Type: Article

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