Effects of oregano essential oil dietary supplementation on the feeding and drinking behaviour as well as the activity of broilers

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 401-405

  Symeon, George K ^a   Zintilas, Costantinos ^a   Demiris, Nikolaos ^a   Bizelis, Losif A ^a   Deligeorgis, Stelios G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Broiler; Feeding behaviour; Oregano

Indexed keywords

AVES; ORIGANUM;

EID: 77954295739     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2010.401.405     Document Type: Article

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