Sonia Andrés, Chiara Gini, Fabrizio Ceciliani, Daniel Gutiérrez-Expósito, Noive Arteche-Villasol, Alba Martín, Paola Cremonesi, Fiorenza Faré, Morteza Hosseini Ghaffari, F Javier Giráldez, Latifa Abdennebi-Najar
Early supplementation with oregano essential oil (EO) in milk replacer (MR) may improve growth, immune responses, the microbiota and the metabolome in dairy calves during pre-weaning and in adulthood. Sixteen female dairy calves (3 days of age) were divided in two groups ( n = 8/group): the control group (no EO) and the EO group (0.23 ml of EO in MR during 45 days). After weaning, calves were kept in a feedlot and fed ad libitum . The animals were weighed, and blood and faecal samples were collected on days 3 (T0), 45 (T1) and 370 (T2) to measure the biochemical profile and characterise peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs; CD4+ , CD8+ , CD14+ , CD21+ and WC1+ ), the metabolome and microbiota composition...
April 2, 2024: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease