A comparative study on diet supplementation with a mixture of herbal plants and Dandelion as a source of prebiotics on the performance of broilers

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-71

  Al Kassi, Galib A M ^a   Witwit, Noor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Dandelion; Herbal plants; Performance; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

PEPPERMINT; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISE; ARTICLE; CHICK; CINNAMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDELION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM; MENTHA X PIPERITA; MYRRHIS ODORATA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 77149133060     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2010.67.71     Document Type: Article

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