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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2025

The Effect of a Phytobiotic, Probiotic, and Their Combination as Feed Additives on Growth Performance of Weaned Holstein Male Dairy Calves.

Ting Liu, David P Casper, Jiang Hu

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ting LiuCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, No. 1 Yingmen Village Anning, Lanzhou 730070, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3760-8784
David P CasperCasper's Calf Ranch, 4890 West Lily Creek Road, Freeport, IL 61032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0666-8808
Jiang HuCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, No. 1 Yingmen Village Anning, Lanzhou 730070, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A phytobiotic extract (PE; proprietary blend of garlic, anise, cassia, rosemary, and thyme) has been shown to enhance dry matter intake (DMI) and gut health, while ExCell (EX), a probiotic (

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calvesessential oilsgrowth performancephytobiotic extractprobiotic

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PMID40282000
PMCPMC12024165

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