Effects of level and source of oregano leaf in starter diets for broiler chicks

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-145

  Karimi, A ^a,b   Yan, F ^a   Coto, C ^a   Park, J H ^a   Min, Y ^a   Lu, C ^a   Gidden, J A ^a   Lay, Jr ^a   Waldroup, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Broiler chick; Feed conversion ratio; Mediterranean; Mexican; Oregano

Indexed keywords

AVES; GLYCINE MAX; ORIGANUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77958077168     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/japr.2009-00088     Document Type: Article

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