Effect of essential oils, tylosin, and monensin on finishing steer performance, carcass characteristics, liver abscesses, ruminal fermentation, and digestibility

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2346-2354

  Meyer, N F ^a   Erickson, G E ^a   Klopfenstein, T J ^a   Greenquist, M A ^a   Luebbe, M K ^a   Williams, P ^b   Engstrom, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Essential oil; Metabolism; Monensin; Performance; Tylosin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; MONENSIN; TYLOSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FERMENTATION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MONENSIN; OILS, VOLATILE; RUMEN; TYLOSIN;

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EID: 67650523898     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1493     Document Type: Article

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