Evaluation of fennel seed meal in broiler chickens' diets: impacts on performance, carcass traits, digestive enzymes, intestinal microbiota, blood metabolites, and economic feasibility

Ghonime, Mohammed E.; Abdelazeem, Fathy; Ali, Reham A. M.; Hamed, Mohamed M.; Hassan, Waleed A.; Almutairi, Layla A.; Alqahtani, Mohammed A.; Almasoudi, Suad H.; Alagawany, Mahmoud

doi:10.5194/aab-68-531-2025

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Evaluation of fennel seed meal in broiler chickens' diets: impacts on performance, carcass traits, digestive enzymes, intestinal microbiota, blood metabolites, and economic feasibility

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