Effects of dietary supplementation of red pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi) essential oil on performance, small intestinal morphology and microbial counts of weanling pigs.
Pedro Leon Gomes CairoFranz Dias GoisMaicon SbardellaHebert SilveiraRoberto Maciel de OliveiraIvan Bezerra AllamanVínicius de Souza CantarelliLeandro Batista CostaPublished in: Journal of the science of food and agriculture (2017)
Our findings suggested that essential oil from Brazilian red pepper or chlorohydroxyquinoline added in weanling pig diets affect gut microbiota and histology without affecting performance and organ weights. In addition, there was an indication that high doses of essential oil could reduce the incidence of diarrhea. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.