Effects of monensin and increasing dose levels of a mixture of essential oil compounds on intake, digestion and growth performance of beef cattle

By C. Benchaar, J. Duynisveld, E. Charmley. 2006

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Effects of carvacrol and cinnamaldehyde on intake, rumen fermentation, growth performance, and carcass characteristics of growing lambs (2008, methodology): “Benchaar et al. (2006) demonstrated no change in DM intake and ADG of beef cattle fed a silage-based diet supplemented with 2 or 4 g/day of a mixture of EOC consisting of thymol, eugenol, vanillin and limonene.”
A review of plant-derived essential oils in ruminant nutrition and production (2008, methodology): “Recent studies by Newbold et al. (2004) and Benchaar et al. (2006b) reported no change in the kinetics of protein degradation from soybean meal incubated in the rumen of sheep or dairy cows supplemented daily with 110 mg or 2 g of MEO, respectively.”