A preliminary study of the poultry body weight effect of carvacrol in litter and of carvacrol residue in organ tissue of exposed chickens

Abstract

Carvacrol is an essential oil extracted from oregano which can be used as a natural additive in poultry litter and could have a positive impact not only on production rates but also on the quality of poultry meat. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the addition of carvacrol to litter on weight gain and the occurrence of residues in chicken tissues.

Keywords

• carvacrol
• essential oils
• litter
• liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry
• poultry