this study was conducted to investigate the effect of different levels of savory (satureja hortensis) powder and its essential oil on performance and antioxidant status of broiler chickens under heat stress (34±2 ˚c for 8 hours per day). a total of 336 one-day-old male broiler chicks (ross-308) were divided into 6 treatments and 4 replications (14 birds per replicate). experimental diets were a...

The genus Satureja L. (Lamiaceae) consists of more than 200 species of herbaceous perennials worldwide. The Mediterranean region can be described as the center of the genus (1). This genius in flora of Iran is represented by fourteen species distributed commonly in rocky mountains (2, 3). Nine Satureja species has been reported in ìFlora Iranicaî (4), two of which, S. kallarica Jamzad and S. ba...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis and Trachyspermum copticum essential oils against different kinds of microorganisms in vitro. MATERIAL AND METHODS The antimicrobial activity was evaluated by micro broth dilution assay and the chemical composition of essential oils was analyzed by GC and G...

the current experiment was carried out to investigate the possible effects of replacing alfalfa by dried de-oiled savory (satureja khuzistanica; dds) at the levels of 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent in finishing diets of mehraban lambs on kinetics of gas production in vitro. the experimental diets contained 20% alfalfa and 80% of concentrate on dry matter basis. replacing alfalfa by dds had no si...

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of different levels of savory (Satureja hortensis) powder and its essential oil on performance and antioxidant status of broiler chickens under heat stress (34±2 ˚C for 8 hours per day). A total of 336 one-day-old male broiler chicks (Ross-308) were divided into 6 treatments and 4 replications (14 birds per replicate). Experimental diets were a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative, aerobic bacterium found in water and soil. It is a normal flora in skin and gastrointestinal tract of human beings. P. aeruginosa as an opportunistic pathogen involved in nosocomial infections having multiple pathogenic factors and shows high rate of resistance to different antibiotics. The aim of this study was to identify th...

in this study, we investigated the effect of savory (satureja hortensis) essential oil, garlic(allium sativum) powder, and garlic aqueous extract on fungal load of poultry feed. tothis end, savory essential oil and garlic aqueous extract each amounting 62.5, 125, and250 μl/ml and mg/ml, respectively, per kilogram of feed and garlic powder amounting2.5, 5, and 10 g/kg of feed were used. one and ...