Influence of dietary supplemented medicinal plants mixture (Ziziphora, oregano and Peppermint) on performance and carcass characterization of broiler chickens

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5626-5629

  Narimani Rad, Mohammad ^a   Nobakht, Ali ^a   Shahryar, Habib Aghdam ^b   Kamani, Jafar ^a   Lotfi, Alireza ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Broiler chickens; Carcass characterization; Dietary supplementation; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ARTICLE; BROILER; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID STORAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; POULTRY FARMING; THYMUYS VALGARIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

GALLUS GALLUS; LAMIACEAE; MENTHA X PIPERITA; ORIGANUM; ZIZIPHORA;

EID: 80755169867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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