title: Influence of farm application of oregano on performances of sows.
abstract: This study was performed in a large commercial herd in eastern Europe to test the effect of oregano feed supplementation. Sows were studied in a unit where alternate farrowing groups were given diets containing 1000 ppm oregano in the prefarrowing and lactation diet. Oregano-treated groups showed a lower (P = 0.003) annual sow mortality rate, a lower (P = 0.03) sow culling rate during lactation, an increased (P = 0.01) subsequent farrowing rate, and more (P = 0.05) live-born piglets per litter compared with the nontreated sows. The conclusion was that dietary oregano supplementation improved the reproductive performance of sows in this herd.
authors.affiliation: Bilkei Consulting, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Bela
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amrik
authors.forename: Gabor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bilkei
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D006814:Hungary; D007774:Lactation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009026:Mortality; D031341:Origanum; D011247:Pregnancy; D011897:Random Allocation; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine / Q000502:physiology*