A Master's thesis at the College of Agriculture discussed using celery seeds as a natural antioxidant alongside the synthetic antioxidant BHT on productive and physiological performance of laying hens.
The thesis presented by student Ghazi Jamal Hassan aimed to study:
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The effect of celery seeds as a natural antioxidant
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Combined effect with synthetic antioxidant BHT
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On productive and physiological performance of laying hens
The study concluded that:
Adding 2% celery seeds as natural antioxidant along with 100 mg/kg synthetic BHT antioxidant to laying hen diets led to significant improvement in all studied traits.
