The Potential Use of Essential Oil Nanoemulsion as a Novel Alternative to Antibiotics in Poultry Production-A Review

Subject Areas : Camel

آ.پ. باسکارا ¹ (Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of Animal Science, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
ب. آریادی ² (Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Animal Science, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
ن.ر. دونو ³ (Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of Animal Science, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
ر. مارتین ⁴ (Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
ز. زوپریزال ⁵ (Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of Animal Science, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

Received: 2019-07-16 Accepted : 2019-10-15 Published : 2020-06-01

Keywords: آنتی بیوتیک, طیور, روغن ضروری, نانوامولوسیون,

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