The addition of natural oregano essential oil can benefit both the lactating sow, as well as piglets.
添加天然牛至精油对哺乳期母猪和仔猪的健康都有好处。
This is according to a new paper, presented by Dr Melanie Le Bon, of Nottingham Trent University, at the 75th annual British Society of Animal Science conference.
这是根据诺丁汉特伦特大学(Nottingham Trent University)的Melanie Le Bon博士在第75届英国动物科学协会年会上发表的一篇新论文得出的结论。
Identifying sustainable alternatives
寻找可持续的替代方案
Oregano essential oil is well documented to offer support to animal health and performance as a result of the active compounds within it. Carvacrol and thymol are 2 such compounds and these have been shown to demonstrate both antimicrobial and anti-oxidant functions in the animal. Paper co-author Heidi Hall, also Anpario’s Swine Global Technical manager, said, “There is increasing pressure on the pig industry to reduce antimicrobial usage whilst maximising animal health and performance. Therefore, identifying sustainable alternatives is of growing interest”.
牛至精油中所含的活性成分对动物的健康和性能有很好的作用。Carvacrol和百里香酚就是这样两种化合物，它们已经被证明在动物体内具有抗菌和抗氧化的功能。论文的合著者海蒂·霍尔也是安帕里奥养猪业的全球技术经理，她说:“养猪业面临着越来越大的压力，要减少抗生素的使用，同时使动物的健康和性能最大化。因此，寻找可持续的替代办法日益引起人们的兴趣”。
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Less medication use
减少药物的使用
The study presented by Dr Le Bon, Senior Lecturer in the school of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences at Nottingham Trent University, was undertaken on a commercial pig unit in the UK and involved 62 multiparous sows. Performance parameters assessed throughout the study included sow feed intake and body condition score, alongside piglet weekly weight, mortality, medication usage and creep feed intake. The research concluded that the inclusion of oregano essential oil helped maintain the body condition score of lactating sows, improved piglet weight gain throughout the first week of life, reduced piglet pre-weaning mortality and significantly lowered incidence of medication usage.
诺丁汉特伦特大学(Nottingham Trent University)动物、农村和环境科学学院(school of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences)高级讲师勒邦(Le Bon)博士提出的这项研究，是在英国的一个商业养猪场进行的，涉及62头多胎母猪。在整个研究过程中评估的性能参数包括母猪采食量和身体状况评分，以及仔猪周体重、死亡率、用药情况和采食量。研究结果表明，添加牛至精油有助于维持泌乳母猪的身体状况评分，改善仔猪在出生第一周的体重增加，降低断奶前仔猪死亡率，显著降低用药率。
Long term optimal performance
长期维持最佳性能
“In order to reduce the reliance upon antimicrobials at weaning, such as zinc oxide, pig farmers need to be able to produce more robust piglets. The weaning and nursery period is a critical time for developing and enhancing piglet health to ensure long term optimal performance,” said Heidi Hall.
“为了减少在断奶时对抗生素的依赖，比如氧化锌，养猪户需要生产出更健壮的小猪。断奶和保育期是仔猪健康发育和改善的关键时期，以确保长期维持最佳性能，”海蒂霍尔说。
文章来源：Pig Progress
作者：Emmy Koeleman
原文链接
https://www.pigprogress.net/Nutrition/Articles/2019/6/Oregano-oil-benefits-sow-and-piglet-438817E/
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