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  • Nutritional Science
  • Veterinary Medicine

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  • Growing concerns over antibiotic residues and bacterial resistance necessitate alternatives to in-feed antibiotics.
  • Essential oils are explored for their potential antimicrobial and health-promoting properties in livestock.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the efficacy of an essential oil blend as a feed additive for post-weaned pigs.
  • To determine if essential oils can reduce diarrhea prevalence and improve growth performance compared to control and antibiotic diets.

Main Methods:

  • Ninety weaned piglets were assigned to control, antibiotic (colistin sulfate and bacitracin zinc), or essential oil blend diets for 28 days.
  • Growth performance, diarrhea prevalence, nutrient digestibility, gut morphology, and oxidative stress markers were assessed.

Main Results:

  • Essential oil and antibiotic diets improved average daily gain and reduced diarrhea prevalence compared to the control.
  • Essential oils enhanced nutrient digestibility, gut villus height, and antioxidant status (SOD, CAT, T-AOC, GSH-Px).
  • No significant differences in growth or diarrhea were observed between essential oil and antibiotic groups.

Conclusions:

  • Dietary essential oil blend supplementation is a viable alternative to in-feed antibiotics for improving growth and gut health in weaned pigs.
  • Essential oils enhance antioxidative capacity, contributing to reduced diarrhea and improved performance.
  • The study supports the use of natural antimicrobial essential oils in swine nutrition.