Essential Oils As Dietary Supplements For Dairy Cattle?

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" Essential oils are also being considered as a way to improve or alter

rumen fermentation with a naturally occurring compounds rather than

commercial additives or antibiotics. The objective in altering rumen

fermentation is to reduce methane gas production and increase

propionate and butyrate production, resulting in more efficient growth

and reducing greenhouse gases. Like monensin, essential oils may

affect the cell membranes of gram negative bacteria or others can act

within the cell of gram positive bacteria. "

Interesting.....

More here -

 

http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=316723

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ATFE2 , Liz <liztams wrote:

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> " Essential oils are also being considered as a way to improve or alter

> rumen fermentation with a naturally occurring compounds rather than

> commercial additives or antibiotics. The objective in altering rumen

> fermentation is to reduce methane gas production and increase

> propionate and butyrate production, resulting in more efficient growth

> and reducing greenhouse gases. Like monensin, essential oils may

> affect the cell membranes of gram negative bacteria or others can act

> within the cell of gram positive bacteria. "

> Interesting.....

> More here -

>

> http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=316723

>

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Essential oils have been used in commercial cattle and other feeds for years. A

company I know of in the UK has used garlic oil and chips for pigs who love the

stuff (dumb pigs)!! The same company also use a variety of other oils as

flavourings and for medicinal purposes in their range of animal feeds. They

have also conducted research as have other companies in the field, but a lot is

not published for commercial reasons.

 

Martin