Oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) essential oil in the diet of broilers as balancing the intestinal microbiota
| Autor: | Giselle Eler Amorim Dias, Bruno Oliveira de Carvalho, Augusto Vidal da Costa Gomes, Pedro Trivisol de Castro Medeiros, Felipe Dilelis de Resende Sousa, Miliane Moreira Soares de Souza, Cristina Amorim Ribeiro de Lima |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Vol 37, Iss 2, Pp 108-114 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0100-2430 2527-2179 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACT. Dias G.E.A., de Carvalho B.O., Medeiros, P.T. deM., Sousa F.D.deR., Gomes A.V.daC., de Souza M.M.S. & de Lima C.A.R. [Oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) essential oil in the diet of broilers as balancing the intestinal microbiota.] Óleo essencial de orégano (Origanum vulgare L.) na dieta de frangos de corte como equilibrador da microbiota intestinal. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 37(2):108-114, 2015. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia, Instituto de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Seropédica, BR 465, Km 7, Seropédica, RJ 23890-000, Brasil. E-mail: giselleeler@gmail.com The effectiveness of the use of oregano essential oil as an zootechnical additive in broiler diets was evaluated. 300 male broiler chickens were distributed in delineation in blocks at random, five treatments and six repetitions of 10 birds. The treatments consisted of diets with different levels of oregano essential oil (300, 600 and 900 mg/kg ration), a negative control (with no antimicrobial) and a positive control with the antibiotic colistin sulfate. Samples were collected from the ileum at 40 days of age with the objective of determining the count of total coliform and identifying enterobacteria. The digestibility assay was constituted of 8 adaptation days to the diet and 4 days for collecting. There was reduction (P |
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