Metabolism and nutrition: Effect of thymol and carvacrol feed supplementation on performance, antioxidant enzyme activities, fatty acid composition, digestive enzyme activities, and immune response in broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2059-2069

  Hashemipour, H ^a   Kermanshahi, H ^a   Golian, A ^a   Veldkamp, T ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme; Broiler; Digestive enzyme; Immunity; Phytogenic product

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARVACROL; FATTY ACID; LIPID; TERPENE; THYMOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANALYSIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; MALE; MONOTERPENES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THYMOL;

EID: 84880643592     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02685     Document Type: Article

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