Articles | Volume 66, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-66-17-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-66-17-2023
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09 Jan 2023
Original study |  | 09 Jan 2023

Effects of dietary thyme and rosemary essential oils on performance parameters with lipid oxidation, water activity, pH, colour and microbial quality of breast and drumstick meats in broiler chickens

Recep Gumus and Sevda U. Gelen

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Subject: Animal nutrition | Animal: Birds
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This study was aimed at determining the effects of different doses of thyme essential oil (TEO) and rosemary essential oil (REO) incorporated into broiler rations on performance parameters, including body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion rate, as well as on the quality criteria of breast and drumstick meat. As a result, dietary supplementation with TEO and REO was determined to have a limited effect on performance parameters but to improve the microbial quality of meat.