A Meta-Analysis of Essential Oils Use for Beef Cattle Feed: Rumen Fermentation, Blood Metabolites, Meat Quality, Performance and, Environmental and Economic Impact
The objective of this study was to see how dietary supplementation with essential oils (EOs) affected rumen fermentation, blood metabolites, growth performance and meat quality of beef cattle through a meta-analysis. In addition, a simulation analysis was conducted to evaluate the effects of EOs on...
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| author | José Felipe Orzuna-Orzuna Griselda Dorantes-Iturbide Alejandro Lara-Bueno Luis Alberto Miranda-Romero Germán David Mendoza-Martínez Itzel Santiago-Figueroa |
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| description | The objective of this study was to see how dietary supplementation with essential oils (EOs) affected rumen fermentation, blood metabolites, growth performance and meat quality of beef cattle through a meta-analysis. In addition, a simulation analysis was conducted to evaluate the effects of EOs on the economic and environmental impact of beef production. Data were extracted from 34 peer-reviewed studies and analyzed using random-effects statistical models to assess the weighted mean difference (WMD) between control and EOs treatments. Dietary supplementation of EOs increased (<i>p</i> < 0.01) dry matter intake (WMD = 0.209 kg/d), final body weight (WMD = 12.843 kg), daily weight gain (WMD = 0.087 kg/d), feed efficiency (WMD = 0.004 kg/kg), hot carcass weight (WMD = 5.45 kg), and <i>Longissimus dorsi</i> muscle area (WMD = 3.48 cm<sup>2</sup>). Lower (<i>p</i> < 0.05) ruminal concentration of ammonia nitrogen (WMD = −1.18 mg/dL), acetate (WMD = −4.37 mol/100 mol) and total protozoa (WMD = −2.17 × 10<sup>5</sup>/mL), and higher concentration of propionate (WMD = 0.878 mol/100 mol, <i>p</i> < 0.001) were observed in response to EOs supplementation. Serum urea concentration (WMD = −1.35 mg/dL, <i>p</i> = 0.026) and haptoglobin (WMD = −39.67 μg/mL, <i>p</i> = 0.031) were lower in cattle supplemented with EOs. In meat, EOs supplementation reduced (<i>p</i> < 0.001) cooking loss (WMD = −61.765 g/kg), shear force (WMD = −0.211 kgf/cm<sup>2</sup>), and malondialdehyde content (WMD = −0.040 mg/kg), but did not affect pH, color (L* a* and b*), or chemical composition (<i>p</i> > 0.05). Simulation analysis showed that EOs increased economic income by 1.44% and reduced the environmental footprint by 0.83%. In conclusion, dietary supplementation of EOs improves productive performance and rumen fermentation, while increasing the economic profitability and reducing the environmental impact of beef cattle. In addition, supplementation with EOs improves beef tenderness and oxidative stability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d2e465e8a824af3917210c110b208de2023-11-23T16:34:45ZengMDPI AGFermentation2311-56372022-05-018625410.3390/fermentation8060254A Meta-Analysis of Essential Oils Use for Beef Cattle Feed: Rumen Fermentation, Blood Metabolites, Meat Quality, Performance and, Environmental and Economic ImpactJosé Felipe Orzuna-Orzuna0Griselda Dorantes-Iturbide1Alejandro Lara-Bueno2Luis Alberto Miranda-Romero3Germán David Mendoza-Martínez4Itzel Santiago-Figueroa5Posgrado en Producción Animal, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco CP 56230, MexicoPosgrado en Producción Animal, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco CP 56230, MexicoPosgrado en Producción Animal, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco CP 56230, MexicoPosgrado en Producción Animal, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco CP 56230, MexicoDepartamento de Producción Agrícola y Animal, Unidad Xochimilco, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City CP 04960, MexicoPosgrado en Producción Animal, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco CP 56230, MexicoThe objective of this study was to see how dietary supplementation with essential oils (EOs) affected rumen fermentation, blood metabolites, growth performance and meat quality of beef cattle through a meta-analysis. In addition, a simulation analysis was conducted to evaluate the effects of EOs on the economic and environmental impact of beef production. Data were extracted from 34 peer-reviewed studies and analyzed using random-effects statistical models to assess the weighted mean difference (WMD) between control and EOs treatments. Dietary supplementation of EOs increased (<i>p</i> < 0.01) dry matter intake (WMD = 0.209 kg/d), final body weight (WMD = 12.843 kg), daily weight gain (WMD = 0.087 kg/d), feed efficiency (WMD = 0.004 kg/kg), hot carcass weight (WMD = 5.45 kg), and <i>Longissimus dorsi</i> muscle area (WMD = 3.48 cm<sup>2</sup>). Lower (<i>p</i> < 0.05) ruminal concentration of ammonia nitrogen (WMD = −1.18 mg/dL), acetate (WMD = −4.37 mol/100 mol) and total protozoa (WMD = −2.17 × 10<sup>5</sup>/mL), and higher concentration of propionate (WMD = 0.878 mol/100 mol, <i>p</i> < 0.001) were observed in response to EOs supplementation. Serum urea concentration (WMD = −1.35 mg/dL, <i>p</i> = 0.026) and haptoglobin (WMD = −39.67 μg/mL, <i>p</i> = 0.031) were lower in cattle supplemented with EOs. In meat, EOs supplementation reduced (<i>p</i> < 0.001) cooking loss (WMD = −61.765 g/kg), shear force (WMD = −0.211 kgf/cm<sup>2</sup>), and malondialdehyde content (WMD = −0.040 mg/kg), but did not affect pH, color (L* a* and b*), or chemical composition (<i>p</i> > 0.05). Simulation analysis showed that EOs increased economic income by 1.44% and reduced the environmental footprint by 0.83%. In conclusion, dietary supplementation of EOs improves productive performance and rumen fermentation, while increasing the economic profitability and reducing the environmental impact of beef cattle. In addition, supplementation with EOs improves beef tenderness and oxidative stability.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/8/6/254beef cattleessential oilsrumen fermentationperformanceeconomic impactenvironmental impact |
| spellingShingle | José Felipe Orzuna-Orzuna Griselda Dorantes-Iturbide Alejandro Lara-Bueno Luis Alberto Miranda-Romero Germán David Mendoza-Martínez Itzel Santiago-Figueroa A Meta-Analysis of Essential Oils Use for Beef Cattle Feed: Rumen Fermentation, Blood Metabolites, Meat Quality, Performance and, Environmental and Economic Impact Fermentation beef cattle essential oils rumen fermentation performance economic impact environmental impact |
| title | A Meta-Analysis of Essential Oils Use for Beef Cattle Feed: Rumen Fermentation, Blood Metabolites, Meat Quality, Performance and, Environmental and Economic Impact |
| title_full | A Meta-Analysis of Essential Oils Use for Beef Cattle Feed: Rumen Fermentation, Blood Metabolites, Meat Quality, Performance and, Environmental and Economic Impact |
| title_fullStr | A Meta-Analysis of Essential Oils Use for Beef Cattle Feed: Rumen Fermentation, Blood Metabolites, Meat Quality, Performance and, Environmental and Economic Impact |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Meta-Analysis of Essential Oils Use for Beef Cattle Feed: Rumen Fermentation, Blood Metabolites, Meat Quality, Performance and, Environmental and Economic Impact |
| title_short | A Meta-Analysis of Essential Oils Use for Beef Cattle Feed: Rumen Fermentation, Blood Metabolites, Meat Quality, Performance and, Environmental and Economic Impact |
| title_sort | meta analysis of essential oils use for beef cattle feed rumen fermentation blood metabolites meat quality performance and environmental and economic impact |
| topic | beef cattle essential oils rumen fermentation performance economic impact environmental impact |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/8/6/254 |
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