Table 6 Effect of dietary supplementation essential oils on microbial enumeration (Log¹⁰ CFU g^− 1), and histomorphological (µm), of broilers at 35 days of age

Antioxidant enzymes

 MDA (nmol ml⁻¹)

1.431^a

0.915^c

1.064^b

0.805^d

 SOD (U ml⁻¹)

120.7^c

139.4^a

131.1^b

140.2^a

 GPx (U ml⁻¹)

21.13^c

33.70^a

29.44^b

32.08^ab

Liver enzymes

 ALT (U L⁻¹)

26.70

27.12

25.64

26.51

 AST (U L⁻¹)

209.1

198.7

211.4

206.3