Effect of an herbal essential oil mixture on growth, laying traits, and egg hatching characteristics of broiler breeders

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2368-2374

  Bozkurt, M ^a   Alcicek A ^b   Cabuk M ^c   Kucukyilmaz K ^a   Catli A U ^a  

^a Poultry Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Broiler breeder; Egg hatching characteristic; Essential oil; Laying trait

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; OVIPOSITION; PLANT OILS;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 70350306248     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00048     Document Type: Article

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