Supplementing Oregano Essential Oil in a Reduced-Protein Diet Improves Growth Performance and Nutrient Digestibility by Modulating Intestinal Bacteria, Intestinal Morphology, and Antioxidative Capacity of Growing-Finishing Pigs

Dietary integration with oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) essential oil improves growth rate and oxidative status in outdoor-reared, but not indoor-reared, pigs

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Effect of oregano essential oil supplementation to a reduced-protein, amino acid-supplemented diet on meat quality, fatty acid composition, and oxidative stability of Longissimus thoracis muscle in growing-finishing pigs

(2017) Chuanshang Cheng et al.   MEAT SCIENCE

Metagenomic Analysis of Cecal Microbiome Identified Microbiota and Functional Capacities Associated with Feed Efficiency in Landrace Finishing Pigs

(2017) Zhen Tan et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Effect of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis supplementation in diets with low- and high-protein content on ileal crude protein and amino acid digestibility and intestinal microbiota composition of growing pigs

(2017) Chanwit Kaewtapee et al.   Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Long-term effects of early antibiotic intervention on blood parameters, apparent nutrient digestibility, and fecal microbial fermentation profile in pigs with different dietary protein levels

(2017) Miao Yu et al.   Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Gut metagenomic analysis reveals prominent roles of Lactobacillus and cecal microbiota in chicken feed efficiency

(2017) Wei Yan et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of the dietary protein level on the microbial composition and metabolomic profile in the hindgut of the pig

(2016) Liping Zhou et al.   ANAEROBE

A carvacrol–thymol blend decreased intestinal oxidative stress and influenced selected microbes without changing the messenger RNA levels of tight junction proteins in jejunal mucosa of weaning piglets

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Effects of dietary supplementation with oregano essential oil on growth performance, carcass traits and jejunal morphology in broiler chickens

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Effects of oregano essential oil or quercetin supplementation on body weight loss, carcass characteristics, meat quality and antioxidant status in finishing pigs under transport stress

(2016) Yi Zou et al.   Livestock Science

Low-protein diets affect ileal amino acid digestibility and gene expression of digestive enzymes in growing and finishing pigs

(2015) Liuqin He et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Effects of dietary oregano essential oil supplementation on the stress response, antioxidative capacity, and HSPs mRNA expression of transported pigs

(2015) T. Zhang et al.   Livestock Science

Dietary effects of a mix derived from oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) essential oil and sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) wood extract on pig performance, oxidative status and pork quality traits

(2015) D. Ranucci et al.   MEAT SCIENCE

Essential oil and aromatic plants as feed additives in non-ruminant nutrition: a review

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Spatial and temporal trend of Chinese manure nutrient pollution and assimilation capacity of cropland and grassland

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Alternatives to antibiotics as growth promoters for use in swine production: a review

(2013) Philip A Thacker   Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Plant-derived antimicrobial compounds: alternatives to antibiotics

(2012) Dianella Savoia   Future Microbiology

Antibiotics in early life alter the murine colonic microbiome and adiposity

(2012) Ilseung Cho et al.   NATURE

Effects of low protein diets on growth performance, carcass traits and ammonia emission of barrows and gilts

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Antibiotic resistance and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in Nigeria

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Antibiotics in Feed Induce Prophages in Swine Fecal Microbiomes

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Duration of dietary linseed feeding affects the intramuscular fat, muscle mass and fatty acid composition in pig muscle

(2008) F.R. Huang et al.   Livestock Science

Biological effects of essential oils – A review

(2007) F. Bakkali et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Use of phytogenic products as feed additives for swine and poultry1

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