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Effect of supplementing milk replacer with aromatic oregano (Oreganum onites L.) water on performance, immunity and general health profiles of Holstein calves

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dc.creator Baydar, HASAN
dc.creator Ozkaya, Serkan
dc.creator Ozkan, Oktay
dc.creator Aksu, Taylan
dc.creator Erbas, SABRİ
dc.date 2017-12-31T21:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T11:11:43Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T11:11:43Z
dc.identifier b956cdbf-2be9-401b-a06f-978273a8f351
dc.identifier 10.1071/an16574
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/b956cdbf-2be9-401b-a06f-978273a8f351/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/70407
dc.description The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of supplementing milk replacer (MR) with aromatic oregano (Origanum onite L.) water on weaning age, performance during the pre- and post-weaning periods, immune systems, blood parameters and general health of 40 Holstein Friesian calves. The calves fed with oregano water (OW)supplemented MR were weaned earlier than those in the Control group. There were no statistical differences in the liveweight and body measurements among the groups at the weaning age and post-weaning period. The feed intake of the calves fed with OW was higher than that of calves in the Control group in the pre-weaning period. The OW supplementation significantly increased the faecal firmness of calves (P < 0.05). It also decreased the number of E. coli, Coliforms and Enterobacteriaceae pathogens, but only the amount of Enterobacteriaceae was significantly decreased (P < 0.05). Non-pathogens, such as Lactic acid bacteria, were not affected by OW supplementation. The OW supplementation had no significant effect on hematologic and biochemical blood values. There was significant interaction between age and groups in gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (P < 0.05). The immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG and IgM) values of calves were steadily higher than those of the calves in the Control group. The general health profiles of the calves improved. It can be concluded that MR containing 1-2% OW fed to calves in the early weaning period is a promising treatment to improve their wellbeing and shorten the weaning period.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Effect of supplementing milk replacer with aromatic oregano (Oreganum onites L.) water on performance, immunity and general health profiles of Holstein calves
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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