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<journal-id>2079-3480</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cuban J. Agric. Sci.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2079-3480</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial del Instituto de Ciencia Animal]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2079-34802023000100018</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Productive performance of post-weaning piglets supplemented with essential oil of wild garlic (Mansoa alliacea L.).Technical note]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Comportamiento productivo de lechones en posdestete suplementados con aceite esencial de ajo de monte (Mansoa alliacea L.). Nota técnica]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Buenaño]]></surname>
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<given-names><![CDATA[María]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Estatal Amazónica Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Puyo Pastaza]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Granja Agropecuaria Caicedo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Puyo Pastaza]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Rancho Santa Rita  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Puyo Pastaza]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>57</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2079-34802023000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2079-34802023000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2079-34802023000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The use of essential oils constitutes an alternative to reduce or eliminate the dependence on antibiotics and synthetic growth promoters and also decrease the microbial resistance and residuality on pig&#8217;s carcass. With the purpose of evaluating the effect of essential oil of wild garlic (Mansoa alliacea L.) on the productive performance of post-weaning piglets, a total of 24 castrated male piglets, commercial cross (Blanco Belga x Duroc x Pietrain) of 28 days of age, with average live weight of 9.33 ± 0.34 kg were used. The animals were distributed according to a complete random design and each one constituted an experimental unit. The treatments consisted in a control diet (0); 500 mg of essential oil of wild garlic.kg DM-1 and 1000 mg of essential oil of wild garlic.kg DM-1, respectively. The variables food intake day (FID), weight gain per day (WGD), feed conversion (FC) and final weight (FW) were studied. There was not significant effect (p &gt; 0.05) between treatments for the variables under study. It is concluded that under this research conditions is viable the use of essential oil of wild garlic as natural additive in post-weaning piglets diets, with the purpose of reducing the dependence on antibiotics and synthetic growth promoters of the food which are commercialize in Ecuador for this category.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[El uso de aceites esenciales constituye una alternativa para reducir o eliminar la dependencia de antibióticos y promotores de crecimiento sintéticos y disminuir, además, la resistencia microbiana y residualidad en la canal de los cerdos. Con el objetivo de evaluar el efecto de la suplementación dietética de aceite esencial de ajo de monte (Mansoa alliacea L.) en el desempeño productivo de lechones en posdestete, se utilizaron 24 lechones machos castrados, cruce comercial (Blanco Belga x Duroc x Pietrain) de 28 días de edad, con peso vivo promedio de 9.33 ± 0.34 kg. Los animales se distribuyeron de acuerdo con un diseño completamente aleatorizado y cada uno constituyó una unidad experimental. Los tratamientos consistieron en una dieta control (0); 500 mg de aceite esencial de ajo de monte.kg MS-1 y 1000 mg de aceite esencial de ajo de monte.kg MS-1. Se estudiaron las variables consumo de alimento día (CAD), ganancia de peso por día (GPD), conversión alimentaria (CA) y peso final (PF). En esta investigación no hubo efecto significativo (p &gt; 0.05) entre tratamientos para las variables objeto de estudio. Se concluye que en las condiciones de esta investigación es viable el uso de aceite esencial de ajo de monte como aditivo natural para uso en dietas destinadas a lechones en posdestete, con la finalidad de reducir la dependencia de antibióticos y promotores de crecimiento sintéticos de los concentrados que se comercializan en Ecuador para esta categoría.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[essential oil]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[phytobiotic additive]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[productive indexes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[commercial piglets]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[aceite esencial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[aditivo fitobiótico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[índices productivos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[lechones comerciales]]></kwd>
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