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Oregano essential oil in the diet of broilers: performance, carcass characteristics, and blood parameters

  • 2019
  • Issue: 4
  • Volume: 49
G. Eler, A.V.C. Gomes, B.S. Trindade, L.S.L. Almeida, F. Dilelis, V.S. Cardoso & C.A.R. Lima Page: 753 - 762

Efficacy of the phytogenic feed additive oregano essential oil (OEO) (Origanum vulgare L.) was assessed as an alternative to an antibiotic as a growth promoter (AGP) in broiler diets. Three hundred male broiler chicks were assigned to five treatments, which consisted of diets with…

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Effects of dietary supplement of turmeric powder (Curcuma longa) on blood biochemistry parameters and antioxidant activity in chickens

  • 2016
  • Issue: 2
  • Volume: 46
M.A.A. Qasem, M.S. Alhajj, A.R. Jer El Nabi & S.I. Al-Mufarrej Page: 204 - 213

The present study was conducted with 288 one-day-old mixed broiler chicks (Ross 308) to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with various levels of turmeric powder on blood constituents and antioxidant activity. The chicks were randomly assigned to eight dietary…

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