Efficiency of ethanolic extract of peppermint (Mentha piperita) as an antibiotic growth promoter substitution on performance, and carcass characteristics in broiler chickens

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Nanekarani, Shahram ^a   Goodarzi, Majid ^a   Heidari, Mohammad ^b   Landy, Nasir ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Sanandaj District Health Center   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Broilers; Carcass traits; Mentha piperita; Performance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRINKING WATER; GROWTH PROMOTOR; PEPPERMINT; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BROILER; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH REGULATION; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 84875408219     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60462-6     Document Type: Article

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