Effects of dietary oregano essential oil supplementation on the stress response, antioxidative capacity, and HSPs mRNA expression of transported pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 180, Issue , 2015, Pages 143-149

  Zhang, T ^a   Zhou, Y F ^a   Zou, Y ^a   Hu, X M ^a   Zheng, L F ^a   Wei, H K ^a   Giannenas, I ^b   Jin, L Z ^c   Peng, J ^a,d   Jiang, S W ^a,d  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co   (China)

^d THE COOPERATIVE INNOVATION CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE PIG PRODUCTION   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidative activity; Heat shock protein; Oregano essential oil; Pigs; Transportation stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941893792     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2015.05.037     Document Type: Article

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