Effects of an oregano based dietary supplement on performance of broiler chickens experimentally infected with Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria maxima

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-200

  Tsinas, Anastasios ^a   Giannenas, Ilias ^b   Voidarou, Chrisa ^a   Tzora, Athina ^a   Skoufos, John ^a  

^a Epirus Institute of Technology Arta   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coccidiosis; Dietary supplementation; E. acervulina; E. maxima; Oregano essential oil

Indexed keywords

EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; GALLUS GALLUS; ORIGANUM;

EID: 79960999561     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.010123     Document Type: Article

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