Performance, blood metabolites and immunocoinpetaence of broiler chicks fed diets included essentioal oils of medicinal herbs

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1164-1168

  Najafi, P ^a   Torki, M ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood metabolism; Broilers; Essential oils; Immunity; Iran; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954626866     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2010.1164.1168     Document Type: Article

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