Effects of a Multicomponent Herbal Extract on the Course of Subclinical Ketosis in Dairy Cows - a Blinded Placebo-controlled Field-study.

A blinded placebo-controlled multi-center on-farm trial was conducted in dairy cows with subclinical ketosis to investigate effects of a multicomponent herbal extract. Blood ketone levels were measured weekly in early lactating cows from 16 Swiss herds. Cows were subclassified based on their initial blood--hydroxybutyrate levels (≥ 1.

Placebo-controlled study on the effects of oral administration of L in postweaning piglets.

Postweaning diarrhoea (PWD) due to is an economically important disease in pig production. In this placebo-controlled study performed in Switzerland, the effects of oral supplementation of L. (garlic, AS) on performance (bodyweight (BW) and daily weight gain (DWG)) and health (body condition and clinical score) were investigated in postweaning piglets.