Effects of Dietary Supplementation of Oregano Essential Oil to Sows on Oxidative Stress Status, Lactation Feed Intake of Sows, and Piglet Performance

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Diet effects on serum levels of GSH-Px (a), TBARS (b), 8-OHdG (c), and ROS (d) of sows (means ± SEM, ). Effect of sampling day (). Effect of dietary treatment (). Effect of dietary treatment (). There was a treatment × sampling day interaction for serum TBARS concentrations (). C = control diet; OEO = 15 mg/kg oregano essential oils diet. GSH-Px, glutathione peroxidase; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; ROS, reactive oxygen species; 8-OHdG, 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine; RLU, relative light units.

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