background & aim: medicinal plants is very potential to be used as a supplementary feed as well as feed additive in broilers.this experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of milk thistle (mt) and thyme seeds (ts) on the performance in broilers. experimental: in this study, 160 one-day-old (ross 308) male broiler chicks were divided randomly into four major groups with 4 replicate...

Commercial poultry production is ranked among the highest source of animal protein in the world. Microbial infections caused by bacteria (Salmonella, Clostridium perfringes) and parasites particularly Eimeria has continued to challenge the poultry industry. Antibiotic Growth Promoters (AGP) have been traditionally used to counter microbial infections in poultry. But due to public health concern...

The addition of supplemental fatty acid (FA) sources to diets is a common practice in dairy nutrition to increase dietary energy density and to support milk production. The ability to understand and model FA, the effects of individual FA, and different FA supplements on production parameters has direct impact on dairy industry recommendations and the usefulness of FA supplementation strategies....