Effect of dietary oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) essential oil on growth performance, cecal microflora and serum antioxidant activity of broiler chickens

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 6177-6183

  Roofchaee, Amir ^a   Irani, Mehrdad ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammad Ali ^b   Akbari, Mohammad Reza ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cecal microflora; Oregano essential oil; Performance

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; OREGANO ESSENTIAL OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BROILER; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PERFORMANCE;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

EID: 79960095209     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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