Effects of increasing oregano oil on nursery pig performance

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dc.contributor.author Neill, C.R.
dc.contributor.author Nelssen, Jim L.
dc.contributor.author Tokach, Michael D.
dc.contributor.author Goodband, Robert D.
dc.contributor.author DeRouchey, Joel M.
dc.contributor.author Dritz, Steven S.
dc.date.accessioned 2009-10-29T18:32:29Z
dc.date.available 2009-10-29T18:32:29Z
dc.date.issued 2009-10-29T18:32:29Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1985
dc.description Swine research, 2005 is known as Swine day, 2005 en
dc.description.abstract A total of 210 nursery pigs (PIC L327 × L42), with an initial weight of 11.9 lb and 21 d of age, were used in a 28-d growth study. The objective was to evaluate the effects of increasing oregano oil in diets for nursery pigs. Oregano oil is an extract derived from the Greek herb, Origanum vulgare, and has been speculated to have antimicrobial-like activity. Previous research at Kansas State University showed no improvement in growth performance in nursery pigs fed oregano oil (0.10% in the Phase 1 diet, and 0.05% in Phase 2). The present study evaluated growth performance of pigs fed diets containing either 0.05%, 0.10%, or 0.20% oregano oil for the entire 28-d study. There was no improvement in ADG, ADFI, F/G, or d-28 weights of pigs fed diets containing oregano oil, compared with performance of pigs fed the control diets. Also, there was no effect (P>0.15) of increasing the amount of oregano oil in the diet. But pigs fed neomycin-oxytetracycline had improved ADG, ADFI, and F/G (P<0.03), compared with those of pigs fed the control and oregano oil treatments, from d 0 to 14. Overall, (d 0 to 28), pigs fed neomycinoxytetracycline had better ADG and ADFI (P<0.006) than the pigs fed the control diet had, and better ADG, ADFI, F/G, and final body weight (P<0.04) than pigs fed the oregano oil treatment had. en_US
dc.publisher Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service en_US
dc.relation.isPartOf Swine day, 2005 en_US
dc.relation.isPartOf Summary Publication of Report of Progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 964 en_US
dc.relation.isPartOf Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 06-63-S en_US
dc.subject Antibiotics en_US
dc.subject Nursery en_US
dc.subject Oregano oil en_US
dc.subject Pigs en_US
dc.subject Swine en_US
dc.title Effects of increasing oregano oil on nursery pig performance en_US
dc.type Conference paper en_US
dc.date.published 2005 en_US
dc.citation.epage 67 en_US
dc.citation.spage 64 en_US
dc.description.conference Swine Day, 2005, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2005 en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid jnelssen en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid mtokach en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid goodband en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid dritz en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid jderouch en_US


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