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| Henn,João Dionísio; Bertol,Teresinha Marisa; Moura,Neusa Fernandes de; Coldebella,Arlei; Brum,Paulo Antônio Rabenschlag de; Casagrande,Maurício. |
| This study aimed to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of oregano essential oil on the performance and on the occurrence of diarrhea in weanling pigs, as well as its antioxidant and antimicrobial activity evaluated in vitro. It was compared four treatments (diets): negative control; positive control, 0.5% ZnO (preventive diarrhea) + 0.05% zinc acitracin (growth promoter); or 0.003% of essential oil of oregano, combined or not with preventive of diarrhea. Weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion were evaluated from 27 (weaning) to 62 days of age of the animals, and the occurrence of diarrhea was evaluated on the first 14 days of the experiment. The positive control diet and the oregano oil + zinc oxide diet were the ones that provided the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Growth promoter; Natural additives; Nutrition; Origanun vulgare; Swine. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982010000800019 |
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