Effect of dietary inclusion of artichoke (Cynara scolymus) leaf powder and astaxanthin on productive performance, hematological and biochemical profiles, hepatic and antioxidant enzyme activities, and gut microbiota in broiler chickens

• Saad Naji Nasser,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Animal Science Department, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

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• Mehran Torki ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: torki@razi.ac.ir

  Affiliation Animal Science Department, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5660-0273

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• Fadhil Rasoul Abbas Al-Khafaji,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Production Department, College of Agriculture, Al-Qasim Green University, Babylon, Iraq

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• Shahab Ghazi Harsini,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Science Department, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

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• Ali Ahmad Alaw Qotbi

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Production Department, College of Agriculture, Al-Qasim Green University, Babylon, Iraq

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