Supplementing the diet of growing calves with oregano essential oil increased productive performance without the risk of producing antimicrobial resistance.
Adding 100 g of an additive composed of herbs improves udder health and reduced milk acetone as well as the inter calving period and culling rates.
Essentials oils are volatile aromatic compounds with an oily appearance extracted from plant materials typically by steam distillation. Traditionally, they have been used in dairy diets to modify ruminal microflora and alter rumen fermentation. Recent research; however, shows the implication of some essential oils on physiologic functions in the cows…
