Performance, egg quality, and immune response of laying hens fed diets supplemented with mannan-Oligosaccharide or an essential oil mixture under moderate and hot environmental conditions

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1379-1386

  Bozkurt, M ^a   Kucukyilmaz K ^a   Catli A U ^a   Cinar M ^a   Bintas E ^a   Coven F ^b  

^a Poultry Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b Bornova Veterinary Control and Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Egg quality; Essential oil; Immune response; Layer performance; Mannan oligosaccharide

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; MANNAN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EGG; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASON; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EGGS; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; MANNANS; OILS, VOLATILE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POULTRY DISEASES; SEASONS; TURKEY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84930537000     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-02023     Document Type: Article

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