The effects of Echinacea purpurea L. (purple coneflower) as an antibiotic growth promoter substitution on performance, carcass characteristics and humoral immune response in broiler chickens

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2332-2338

  Landy, N ^a   Ghalamkari, Gh ^a   Toghyani, M ^a   Moattar, F ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Broilers; Carcass characteristics; Echinacea purpurea l.; Immune responses; Performance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BAMBERMYCIN; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BROILER; CARCASS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ECHINACEA (ASTERACEAE); ECHINACEA PURPUREA; GALLUS GALLUS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79959817067     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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