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2014

Essential oil

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Effect Of Origanum Chemotypes On Broiler Intestinal Bacteria, Liliana Betancourt, Fernando Rodriguez, Vienvilay Phandanouvong, Claudia Ariza-Nieto, Michael Hume, David Nisbet, German Afanador-Tellez, Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley, Armen Nalian Jan 2014

Effect Of Origanum Chemotypes On Broiler Intestinal Bacteria, Liliana Betancourt, Fernando Rodriguez, Vienvilay Phandanouvong, Claudia Ariza-Nieto, Michael Hume, David Nisbet, German Afanador-Tellez, Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley, Armen Nalian

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Essential oils have been proposed as alternatives to antibiotic use in food animal production. This study evaluated 3 chemotypes of the Origanum genus, containing varying amounts of secondary metabolites carvacrol, thymol, and sabinene, in the broiler chicken diet. Aerial parts of Origanum vulgare L. (OL), O. vulgare L. ssp. hirtum (OH), and O. majorana (OM) were collected from a greenhouse located in the high altitude Sabana de Bogotá (Savanna of Bogotá) and O. vulgare L. ssp. hirtum (OG) produced and ground in Greece. Oregano essential oils (OEO) from these plants were obtained by steam distillation and analyzed by gas chromatography …