Dietary Litsea cubeba essential oil supplementation improves growth performance and intestinal health of weaned piglets

Autor: Zhe Yang, Fang Wang, Yexin Yin, Peng Huang, Qian Jiang, Zhimou Liu, Yulong Yin, Jiashun Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Animal Nutrition, Vol 13, Iss , Pp 9-18 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2405-6545
DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2022.11.004
Popis: This paper was to determine the effects of dietary Litsea cubeba essential oil (LEO) supplementation on growth performance, immune function, antioxidant level, intestinal morphology and microbial composition in weaned piglets. One hundred and ninety-two piglets (Duroc × [Large White × Landrace]) with 6.85 ± 0.22 kg mean body weight weaned at 21 d of age were randomly assigned to 4 treatment groups with 8 replicates and were fed with a basal diet (CON) or CON diet containing 100 (LLEO), 200 (MLEO) and 400 (HLEO) mg/kg LEO. The results revealed that HLEO supplementation (P
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