The Importance of Essential Oil Isolated From Orange Peel (Citrus sinensis L.) at the Poultry Feeding
2018
Aydin, Ahmet | Korkunc, Medet | Demi̇rel, Dilek Senturk
Essential oils derived from aromatic plants by various methods has been used sinceancient times. Many of them are known to have beneficial effects. Our country is very rich in plants containing essential oils and our flora’s of 1/3 is consist medical and aromatic plants.The essential oils is used in the food industry, cosmetics industry and in medicine. The otherhand, it was determined by the investigator that essential oils activate the gastrointestinal tractand increase the enzymes production. So that the body weight gain, feed efficiency andcarcass performance increased.The essential oils isolated from Orange peel (Citrus sinensis L.) as a natural feedadditive and have antimicrobial activity interest increased. Many researches have been madefor use as natural feed additive in poultry nutrition. In this research, the essential oilsimprovement in parameters such as live weight gain, feed intake, feed efficiency, eggproduction and carcass yield significant has been reported.
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