Effect of nettle (Urtica Dioica) on performance, quality of eggs and bloodparameters of laying hens

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2718-2721

  Mansoub, Navid Hosseini ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood parameters; Egg quality; Laying hens; Nettle

Indexed keywords

URTICA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 80054110921     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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