Evaluation of different medicinal plants blends in diets for broiler chickens

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1971-1977

  Khaligh, Farhad ^a   Sadeghi, Ghorbanali ^a   Karimi, Ahmad ^a   Vaziry, Asaad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Broiler chicks; Growth performance; Immune system; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHE; ALFALFA; ANISE; ANTIBODY TITER; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BROILER; CARAWAY; CINNAMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; GERMANDER; GLYCYRRHIZA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ROSEMARY; SENNA; SUPPLEMENTATION; THYME;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ARCTIUM LAPPA; AVES; CARUM CARVI; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; GALLUS GALLUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MYRRHIS ODORATA; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SENNA; THYMUS VULGARIS; TRACHYSPERMUM COPTICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84860389562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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