Effects of cinnamaldehyde, garlic and juniper berry essential oils on rumen fermentation, blood metabolites, growth performance, and carcass characteristics of growing lambs

Livestock Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 215-224

  Chaves, A V ^a,b   Stanford, K ^c   Dugan, M E R ^d   Gibson, L L ^d   McAllister, T A ^b   Van Herk, F ^b   Benchaar, C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^d LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcass quality; Essential oil; Growth performance; Lamb; Ruminal fermentation

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; CITHAREXYLUM CAUDATUM; HORDEUM; JUNIPERUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 48649101399     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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