Effects of oregano essential oil with or without feed enzymes on growth performance, digestive enzyme, nutrient digestibility, lipid metabolism and immune response of broilers fed on wheat-soybean meal diets

British Poultry Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-80

  Malayoǧlu, H Basmacioǧlu ^a   Baysal, S ^a   Misirliolu Z ^b   Polat, M ^a   Yilmaz, H ^c   Turan, N ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bornova Veterinary Control and Research Institute   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ENDO 1,4 BETA XYLANASE; ENZYME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; OREGANO; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; ENZYMES; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORIGANUM; PLANT OILS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

AVES; GLYCINE MAX; ORIGANUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77949422463     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660903573702     Document Type: Article

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