Plant extracts as phytogenic additives considering intake, digestibility, and feeding behavior of sheep
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- 作者：Camila Sousa da Silva…
- 关键词：Bioactive compounds ; Small ruminants ; Secondary metabolites ; Semiarid
- 刊名：Tropical Animal Health and Production
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：49
- 期：2
- 页码：353-359
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- 刊物类别：Medicine
- 刊物主题：Zoology; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science;
- 出版者：Springer Netherlands
- ISSN：1573-7438
- 卷排序：49
文摘
The objective was to evaluate the intake, digestibility, and ingestive sheep behavior with feeding phytogenic additives derived from plant extracts. Five non-emasculated sheep without defined breed at 28 ± 1.81 kg initial body weight and 6 months age were used. Treatments consisted of administering four phytogenic additives from the garlic extracts, coriander seed, oregano, and pods of mesquite, plus a control treatment (without additive). The ration was composed of Tifton 85 hay grass, corn, soybean meal, and mineral salt. As experimental design, we used a 5 × 5 Latin square design (five treatments and five periods). The data were analyzed through the mixed model through the procedure PROC MIXED of software Systems Statistical Analysis version 9.1, with comparation analysis between the treatment without additive (control) with phytogenic additives produced from vegetable extracts of mesquite pod, of coriander seed, the bulb of garlic, and the oregano leaves. There were no significant differences for the nutrient intake and ingestive behavior patterns. However, the additive intake derived from mesquite pods and coriander extracts provided an increase in digestibility. Extracts from garlic, coriander, and mesquite pods can be used as phytogenic additives in feeding sheep.