Effect of Essential Oils Supplementation on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Health Condition of Holstein Male Calves During Pre- and Post-Weaning Periods

Soltan, Mosaad A.

doi:10.3923/pjn.2009.642.652

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“…In agreement, Ocak et al (2008) and Toghyani et al (2010) reported no differences in gain or efficiency for broilers supplemented with dried peppermint. Soltan (2009) observed no effect on ADG or feed efficiency in dairy calves when a menthol mixture (providing 0, 6.2, 12.3, or 18.5 mg menthol/d) was added to drinking water. Contradicting the current results, Maenner et al (2011) fed 300 mg/kg DM of essential oil mixture containing 27.8 g anise oil, 12.5 g clove oil, and 46.0 g peppermint oil/kg of additive or 4.44 g anise oil, 1.3 g clove oil, and 2.0 g cinnamon oil/kg of additive to piglets after weaning.…”

Section: Growth Performancementioning

confidence: 93%

“…In addition, there was no effect of treatment (P = 0.16), but an effect of day was detected (P < 0.01), with BW differing each day. Soltan (2009) observed a decrease in live BW of dairy calves the first month after weaning when an essential oil mixture containing menthol was administered at 15.6, 31.2, or 46.8 mg/L (providing 0, 6.2, 12.3, or 18.5 mg menthol/d) in drinking water compared with calves that did not receive the essential oil mixture. These authors also observed an increase in BW during the second and third month after weaning for calves receiving 15.6 mg/L drinking water compared with control calves, but BW of calves receiving 31.2 and 46.8 mg/L of essential oil did not differ from the control calves.…”

Section: Growth Performancementioning

confidence: 97%

“…No effect of treatment or linear effects were detected (P > 0.28). Conversely, Soltan (2009) measured serum glucose of calves administered an essential oil mixture through their milk replacer and observed a 26.4% increase in serum glucose concentration in calves receiving 281 mg/d (18.5 g/d menthol) compared with control calves. The differences observed between the current study and that of Soltan (2009) may be due to age differences of animals or route of administration.…”

Section: Blood Parametersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Conversely, Soltan (2009) measured serum glucose of calves administered an essential oil mixture through their milk replacer and observed a 26.4% increase in serum glucose concentration in calves receiving 281 mg/d (18.5 g/d menthol) compared with control calves. The differences observed between the current study and that of Soltan (2009) may be due to age differences of animals or route of administration. Menthol administered as a liquid may be absorbed more quickly than if it were fed in a ration, potentially explaining why calves in the Soltan study had increased glucose values whereas steers in the current trial fed 0.003% menthol did not.…”

Section: Blood Parametersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Menthol and other essential oils have been studied as potential alternatives to feed antibiotics and growth promotants for livestock (Hosoda et al, 2005;Soltan, 2009;Soltan et al, 2010). In a preliminary experiment using crossbred beef cattle, improvements in growth and increases in circulating concentrations of IGF-1 were observed with short-term oral administration of crystalline menthol (G. L. Parsons and J. S. Drouillard, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, personal communication).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effects of crystalline menthol on blood metabolites in Holstein steers and in vitro volatile fatty acid and gas production1

Bibber-Krueger

Miller

Aperce

et al. 2016

Journal of Animal Science

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Fifty-two Holstein steers (573 ± 9.92 kg BW) were used to determine if oral administration of crystalline menthol would induce changes in endogenous secretions of IGF-1 and circulating concentrations of glucose, lactate, and plasma urea nitrogen (PUN). Steers were blocked by BW and assigned within block to treatment. Treatments consisted of 0, 0.003, 0.03, or 0.3% crystalline menthol (DM basis) added to the diet. Animals were housed in individual, partially covered pens equipped with feed bunks and automatic water fountains. On d 1 of the experiment, blood samples were obtained via jugular venipuncture at 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 h after feeding. Treatment administration commenced on d 2, and blood samples were again drawn at 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 h after feeding. This bloodsampling schedule was repeated on d 9, 16, 23, and 30. Plasma was analyzed for PUN, glucose, and lactate concentrations. Serum was used to analyze IGF-1 concentration. Body weights were measured on d 1, 9, 16, 23, and 30. To accompany the live animal phase, in vitro fermentations were performed using ruminal fluid cultures. Measurements included VFA concentrations and fermentative gas production for cultures containing crystalline menthol at 0, 0.003, 0.03, or 0.3% of substrate DM. Addition of menthol to the diet of steers resulted in a treatment × day interaction (P < 0.01) for concentrations of IGF-1, PUN, and plasma glucose. Cattle fed 0 and 0.003% menthol had greater serum IGF-1 concentrations on d 2 compared with steers fed 0.03% menthol. Steers fed 0% menthol had greater serum IGF-1 concentrations on d 9 compared with steers fed 0.03 and 0.3% menthol, whereas no differences were observed on d 23 or 30. Plasma glucose was similar among treatments until d 23, when steers supplemented with 0.03% menthol had lower glucose concentrations. Plasma urea nitrogen concentrations were not different among treatments; however, PUN concentrations varied by day. A linear response was detected for BW (P = 0.03), with steers consuming 0% menthol having the greatest BW and steers that consumed 0.3% menthol having the lightest BW until d 30. A menthol × day interaction was observed for daily feed deliveries (P < 0.01): cattle fed 0.3% menthol consumed less feed from d 5 through 12. Furthermore, in vitro gas production and VFA concentrations were unaffected by addition of menthol (P > 0.21). In conclusion, menthol supplementation minimally affected blood parameters associated with growth or ruminal fermentative activity.

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