Use of certain herbal preparations in broiler feeds - a review

Veterinary World

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 172-179

  Eevuri, Tirupathi Reddy ^a   Putturu, Ramya ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA VETERINARY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Broiler; Carcass trait; Herbal; Immune response; Production parameters

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA; CURCUMA LONGA; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA;

EID: 84876723247     PISSN: 09728988     EISSN: 22310916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5455/vetworld.2013.172-179     Document Type: Review

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