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ArticleVeterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal2026

Effects of post-feed restriction of thyme, oregano and probiotics supplementation on growth, carcass characteristics, intestinal morphology and ileal digestibility in broiler chickens.

Mahmood Sahraei, Reza Khalkhali-Evrigh

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Article in Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Mahmood SahraeiDepartment of Animal Science Research, Ardabil Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Ardabil, Iran .
Reza Khalkhali-EvrighDepartment of Animal Science Research, Ardabil Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Ardabil, Iran .

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To mitigate metabolic disorders and skeletal abnormalities associated with rapid growth in broilers, and to reduce reliance on antibiotics, strategies involving feed restriction and non-antibiotic dietary additives are increasingly explored. This study investigated the effects of various feeding methods and additives on weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, carcass characteristics, intestinal morphology and ileal digestibility in broiler chickens. The research involved 480 one-day-old Ross 308 male broiler chickens. A 2 × 5 factorial experiment, arranged in a completely randomized design, incorporating two feeding methods (without and white quantitative restriction) and four types of additives including thyme essential oil (300 g

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Broiler chickensFeed restrictionOregano essential oilProbioticThyme essential oil

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PMID42577822
PMCPMC13455571

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