Roles of essential oils, polyphenols, and saponins of medicinal plants as natural additives and anthelmintics in ruminant diets: A systematic review

D Ramdani, E Yuniarti, A Jayanegara, AS Chaudhry - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ruminant nutritionists have been challenged to improve animal production
efficiently but at the same time produce healthy and environment friendly ruminant-derived …

Effects of tea saponins on rumen microbiota, rumen fermentation, methane production and growth performance—a review

JK Wang, JA Ye, JX Liu - Tropical animal health and production, 2012 - Springer
Reducing methane emission from ruminant animals has implications not only for global
environmental protection but also for efficient animal production. Tea saponins (TS) …

The effects of dietary consumption of plants secondary compounds on small ruminants' products quality

V Vasta, G Luciano - Small Ruminant Research, 2011 - Elsevier
Worldwide policies are encouraging the use of natural rangelands and low input feeding
resources for livestock farming. Most of the low input feed contain secondary compounds …

Effect of concentrate level and slaughter body weight on growth performances, carcass traits and meat quality of Barbarine lambs fed oat hay based diet

L Majdoub-Mathlouthi, B Saïd, A Say, K Kraiem - Meat Science, 2013 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to evaluate concentrate level (CL) and slaughter body weight
(SW) effects on growth performances, carcass traits and meat quality of Barbarine lambs …

Effects of incremental urea supplementation on rumen fermentation, nutrient digestion, plasma metabolites, and growth performance in fattening lambs

Y Xu, Z Li, LE Moraes, J Shen, Z Yu, W Zhu - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Soybean meal is a major protein ingredient in ruminant diets. However,
the swine and poultry industries are also competitors for soybean meal as their primary …

Effects of quillaja and yucca saponins on communities and select populations of rumen bacteria and archaea, and fermentation in vitro

AK Patra, J Stiverson, Z Yu - Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aims The objective of this study was to comprehensively evaluate quillaja (QSP) and yucca
saponin (YSP) products with respect to their effects on diversity of rumen bacteria and …

Productive performance, carcass traits, and meat quality in finishing lambs supplemented with a polyherbal mixture

JF Orzuna-Orzuna, G Dorantes-Iturbide, A Lara-Bueno… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation of a
polyherbal mixture (HM) containing saponins, flavonoids, and polysaccharides on …

Effect of the dietary supplementation of essential oils from rosemary and artemisia on muscle fatty acids and volatile compound profiles in Barbarine lambs

V Vasta, D Aouadi, DMR Brogna, M Scerra, G Luciano… - Meat science, 2013 - Elsevier
Eighteen Barbarine lambs (3months of age), were assigned for 95days to 3 treatments: six
lambs were fed a barley-based concentrate plus oat hay ad libitum (control group, C); other …

Effects of dietary supplementation with alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) saponins on lamb growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and plasma parameters

C Liu, Y Qu, P Guo, C Xu, Y Ma, H Luo - Animal Feed Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Fifty Hu male lambs (aged three to four months with a body weight of 22.3±0.15 kg) were
chosen to study the effects of supplementation with dietary alfalfa saponins (AS) on growth …

Effect of sodium chloride, sodium sulfate or sodium nitrite in drinking water on intake, digestion, growth rate, carcass traits and meat quality of Barbarine lamb

I Yousfi, HB Salem, D Aouadi, S Abidi - Small Ruminant Research, 2016 - Elsevier
The 79 day-experiment reported herein was conducted to determine through a completely
randomized design the effects of the enrichment of drinking water for lamb with sodium …