The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of eucalyptus leaf powder (ELP) and eucalyptus essential oil (EEO) on growth performance and immune response of broiler chickens. A total of 160 broiler chicks were assigned randomly into five dietary treatments from 7-42 days of age. Dietary treatments included: a control diet, control diets plus 1,000 or 3,000 mg/kg of ELP, and control diets p...

an experiment was conducted to evaluate the feeding value of date pits in broiler chickens. one hundred sixty eight male broiler chicks (ross 308) from 1 to 42 days of age were used. experimental design was crd, in a factorial arrangement of 4 replicates per treatment. the factors included: 3 levels of date pits (10, 20 and 30%) either with or without multi enzyme supplementation. a control die...

effect of adding melissa officinalis aqueous extract was studied on immune response and performance in 200 ross 308 broiler chicks in a completely randomized design with five treatments and four replicates and 10 observations per replicate. the amounts of 0 (control), 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 ml/l lemon balm extract were added in drinking water for 42 days. humoral immunity was evaluated by injection ...

in order to evaluate the effects of ascites on blood gas parameters and internal organ weights, 335 broilers related to parental lines was studied. one hundred sixty-one male broilers and one hundred seventy-four females selected randomly and studied under two treatments of control and ascites. at 54 days of age, body weight and body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion rate between the...

in order to investigate effects of addition of salvia mirzayanii essence and comparison with antibiotic an experiment was conducted as dietary a completely of the randomized design with 5 treatments, and 5 replicates with 12 chickens per replicate for 42 days with treatments control, virginiamycin antibiotic 10% (100 ppm) and three levels of s. mirzayanii essence (200, 400 and 600 ppm). weight ...