Research Journal of Poultry Sciences

Year: 2011
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Page No. 22 - 27

Effects of Feeding Onion (Allium cepa) and Garlic (Allium sativum) on Some Performance Characteristics of Broiler Chickens

Authors : Slyranda Baltini Aji, Kennedy Ignatius, Asha` Adatu Y. Ado, Joel Bakari Nuhu, Auwal Abdulkarim, Usman Aliyu, Muhammad Bello Gambo, Mohammed Adamu Ibrahim, Haruna Abubakar, Mohammed M. Bukar, Hama`Adama M. Imam and Patrick T. Numan

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