Effects of essential oils on milk production, milk composition, and rumen microbiota in Chios dairy ewes

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5569-5577

  Giannenas, I ^a   Skoufos, J ^b   Giannakopoulos, C ^c   Wiemann, M ^d   Gortzi, O ^e   Lalas, S ^e   Kyriazakis, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Epirus Institute of Technology Arta   (Greece)

^c Amnos SA   (Greece)

^d DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

^e TEI Larisa ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Chios dairy sheep; Essential oil; Performance; Rumen microbial populations

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; METAGENOME; MILK; OILS, VOLATILE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80054961335     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-4096     Document Type: Article

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