Effects of selected herbs and essential oils, and their active components on feed intake and performance of broilers - a review;Einfluss ausgewählter kräuter und ätherischer öle sowie ihrer wirkstoffe auf die futteraufnahme und leistung von broilern - eine übersicht

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Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 226-234

  Hippenstiel, Friederike ^a   Abdel Wareth, A A A ^a,b   Kehraus, Saskia ^a   Sudekum K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b South Valley University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Broilers; Essential oils; Herbs; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053363166     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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