Increasing role for plant extracts in cattle diets

The interest in plant extracts as performance enhancers for dairy cows or growing cattle is increasing. That is according to Dr David Bravo from Pancosma who presented two large-scale meta-analyses in ruminants at a meeting held in Rennes, France. In France, Dr Bravo presented evidence of and an explanation for the growing momentum in extract-based feed supplements. In milk production, 18 trials involving 947 cows on the combination of cinnamaldehyde and eugenol found beneficial responses in y