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Title: The effects of carvacrol and/or thymol on the performance, blood and rumen parameters, and carcass traits of Merino sheep
Authors: Oral, Hülya Hanoğlu
Taluğ, Ali Mehmet
Uludağ Üniversitesi/Veteriner Fakültesi/Hayvan Besleme ve Beslenme Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı.
Uludağ Üniversitesi/Ziraat Fakültesi/Zootekni Bölümü.
Uludağ Üniversitesi/Veteriner Fakültesi/Zootekni Anabilim Dalı.
0000-0003-0379-7492
0000-0003-0708-3833
0000-0002-5611-4993
Biricik, Hakan
Cengiz, Şerife Şule
Koyuncu, Mehmet
Dikmen, Serdal
AAG-8536-2021
B-1526-2018
AAH-4032-2021
A-5731-2018
6602982111
56329475100
16156692300
8280302600
Keywords: Veterinary sciences
Carcass
Carvacrol
Merino sheep
Rumen parameters
Thymol
Essential oil compounds
Lactating dairy-cows
Berry essential oils
Growth-performance
Microbial fermentation
Nutrient flow
Growing lambs
Cinnamalde
Blend
Ruminal fermentation
Issue Date: 19-Apr-2016
Publisher: TÜBİTAK
Citation: Biricik, H. vd. (2016). "The effects of carvacrol and/or thymol on the performance, blood and rumen parameters, and carcass traits of Merino sheep". Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 40(5), 651-659.
Abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of increasing doses of carvacrol (C) and/or thymol (T) on the performance, rumen fermentation, and blood and carcass parameters of Merino sheep. Eighty-four 12-week-old male Merino lambs were randomly assigned to 7 treatment groups. The sheep were fed with the same concentrate mixtures including a control diet, carvacrol 100 mg/kg (C-100), carvacrol 300 mg/kg (C-300), thymol 100 mg/kg (T-100), thymol 300 mg/kg (T-300), carvacrol+ thymol 100 mg/kg (C-50 + T-50), and carvacrol+ thymol 300 mg/kg (C-150 + T-150). The C and/or T supplementation did not affect the feed conversion. The lambs fed with C and/or T diets had higher rumen pH, NH3-N, and total volatile fatty acid (VFA) compared to those in the control group. However, essential oil supplementation did not change the molar concentration of VFA. The serum urea and glucose in C and/or T groups were not found significant on days 0, 35, and 70 compared to the control group. Slaughter weights and other carcass parameters were similar between the groups. The effects of C and/or T supplementation on the rumen and production parameters showed limited effects when lambs were fed with the high concentrate diets.
URI: https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1601-53
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol40/iss5/19/
http://hdl.handle.net/11452/30015
ISSN: 1300-0128
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