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Performance, Antimicrobial Effect and Carcass Parameters of Finisher Broilers Given Xylopia aethiopica Dried Fruits (Grains of Selim) as Additive Cover

Performance, Antimicrobial Effect and Carcass Parameters of Finisher Broilers Given Xylopia aethiopica Dried Fruits (Grains of Selim) as Additive

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica
Volume 47 (2014): Issue 4 (December 2014)
By: Jonathan Ogagaoghene Isikwenu,  Ifeanyi Udeh,  Bernard Izuchukwu Oshai and  Theresa Ogheneremu Kekeke  
Open Access
|Mar 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2014-0017 | Journal eISSN: 1801-0571 | Journal ISSN: 0231-5742
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Language: English
Page range: 124 - 130
Submitted on: Jul 22, 2014
Accepted on: Dec 15, 2014
Published on: Mar 3, 2015
Published by: Mendel University in Brno
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
anthelminthic,
antibiotics,
antimicrobial,
grains of selim (Xylopia aethiopica dried fruits),
growth promoter,
residual effects,
resistant
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science

© 2015 Jonathan Ogagaoghene Isikwenu, Ifeanyi Udeh, Bernard Izuchukwu Oshai, Theresa Ogheneremu Kekeke, published by Mendel University in Brno
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