Table 2.
Effects of thyme and cinnamon essential oils supplementation on performance in growing calves
| Items | Treatments1
|
SEM | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | THY | CIN | |||
| Initial BW (kg) | 212.5 | 214.2 | 215.0 | 9.24 | 0.98 |
| Final BW (kg) | 266.5 | 273.1 | 271.7 | 8.67 | 0.85 |
| DMI (kg/d) | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 0.19 | 0.47 |
| ADG (kg/d) | 1.19 | 1.31 | 1.26 | 0.039 | 0.15 |
| G:F2 | 0.151 | 0.162 | 0.160 | 0.0034 | 0.14 |
1
Treatments are including: CON; basal diet, THY; basal diet supplemented with thyme oil (5 g/calf daily), CIN; basal diet supplemented with cinnamon oil (5 g/calf daily).
2
Gain: feed, calculated as total BW gain divided by total feed intake (DM basis).