Long-term effects of dietary supplementation with an essential oil mixture on the growth and laying performance of two layer strains

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-27

  Bozkurt, Mehmet ^a   Küçükyilmaz, Kamil ^a   Pamukçu, Mehmet ^b   Çabuk, Metin ^c   Alçiçek, Ahmet ^d   Çatli, Abdullah U ^a  

^a Erbeyli Incir Ara tirma Enstitüsü Müdürlü ü   (Turkey)

^b Enstitüsü Müdürlüǧü ^*  (Turkey)

^c CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Essential oil mixture; Layer hen strain; Performance

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84856184855     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2012.e5     Document Type: Article

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