Effects of cinnamon leaf, oregano and sweet orange essential oils on fermentation and aerobic stability of barley silage

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 906-915

  Chaves, Alexandre V ^a   Baah, John ^b   Wang, Yuxi ^b   Mcallister, Tim A ^a,b   Benchaar, Chaouki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Fermentation; In situ; In vitro; Silage quality

Indexed keywords

CINNAMON OIL, LEAF; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; FUNGICIDE; ORANGE OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORDEUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLALES; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORIGANUM; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE; YEAST;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HORDEUM; LACTOBACILLALES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; PLANT OILS; RUMEN; SILAGE; YEASTS;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CITRUS SINENSIS; HORDEUM; ORIGANUM;

EID: 84863069617     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4669     Document Type: Article

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