Use of lemongrass essential oil as a feed additive in quail's nutrition: its effect on growth, carcass, blood biochemistry, antioxidant and immunological indices, digestive enzymes and intestinal microbiota

ABSTRACT: The present study was designed to assess the impact of dietary supplementation of lemongrass essential oil (LGEO) on growth performance, carcass traits, liver and kidney function, immunity, antioxidant indices and caecal microbiota of growing quail. A total of 200 Japanese quails at 1-week...

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Main Authors: M. Alagawany, M.T. El-Saadony, S.S. Elnesr, M. Farahat, G. Attia, M. Madkour, F.M. Reda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579121002066