Antimicrobial Saponins of Yucca schidigera and the Implications of Their in Vitro Properties for Their in Vivo Impact

GF Killeen, CA Madigan, CR Connolly… - Journal of Agricultural …, 1998 - ACS Publications
The benefits of supplementing livestock diets with extracts from Yucca schidigera have been
attributed to inhibition of selected gut microbes. The antimicrobial constituents were …

Effects of different levels of Yucca schidigera extract on the growth and nonspecific immunity of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) and on culture water …

Q Yang, B Tan, X Dong, S Chi, H Liu - Aquaculture, 2015 - Elsevier
A total of 6000 shrimp (initial body weight of 0.82±0.02 g) were randomly distributed into
twelve concrete pools (4.5 m× 3.5 m× 0.5 m) with 500 shrimp per pool and 3 pools per diet …

Dietary manipulation to reduce aerial ammonia concentrations in nursery pig facilities

JJ Colina, AJ Lewis, PS Miller… - Journal of Animal …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Two 4-wk trials (preliminary study) and three 5-wk trials (major study) were conducted to
determine the effects of adding Yucca schidigera extract or anhydrous calcium chloride to …

Dietary Yucca schidigera Extract Supplementation During Late Gestating and Lactating Sows Improves Animal Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, and Manure …

F Chen, Y Lv, P Zhu, C Cui, C Wu, J Chen… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary Yucca schidigera extract (YSE)
supplementation to sow performance, nutrients digestibility and ammonia emission of …

Nitrogen excretion and ammonia emissions from pigs fed modified diets

DM Panetta, WJ Powers, H **n, BJ Kerr… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Two swine feeding trials were conducted (initial body weight= 47±2 and 41±3 kg for Trials 1
and 2, respectively) to evaluate reduced crude protein (CP) and yucca (Yucca schidigera …

A importância dos aditivos na alimentação de cães e gatos: Revisão da literatura

S Cappelli, E Manica, JH Hashimoto - PubVet, 2016 - ojs.pubvet.com.br
Os aditivos nas rações de cães e gatos passaram a ter grande importância no mercado de
pet foods. Isto devido ao papel que os animais de estimação passaram a ocupar nos …

Effects of Dietary Supplementation with Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies and Its Saponin and Non-saponin Fractions on Rat Metabolism

CF Duffy, GF Killeen, CD Connolly… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2001 - ACS Publications
Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies, family Lillaceae, was fractionated with butan-1-ol to yield
a butanol extractable fraction (BE; saponin fraction) and a non-butanol fraction (NBE; non …

[PDF][PDF] Performance, body nitrogen conversion and nitrogen emission from manure of dairy cows fed diets supplemented with different plant extracts

BJ Śliwiński, M Kreuzer, F Sutter, A Machmüller… - J. Anim. Feed …, 2004 - researchgate.net
In two experiments with lactating cows the effect of supplemented small doses of essential
oils (0.1 g extract/kg; experiment I), Yucca schidigera saponin (0.1 g extract/kg) or Castanea …

The effects of dietary supplementation with Yucca schidigera extract or fractions thereof on nitrogen metabolism and gastrointestinal fermentation processes in the rat

GF Killeen, CR Connolly, GA Walsh… - Journal of the …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Yucca schidigera was fractionated with butan‐1‐ol, yielding a butanol‐extractable (BE)
fraction, containing all the in vitro antimicrobial activity, and the aqueous, non‐butanol …

The effect of Yucca schidigera extract on canine and feline faecal volatiles occurring concurrently with faecal aroma amelioration

JA Lowe, SJ Kershaw, AJ Taylor… - Research in veterinary …, 1997 - Elsevier
Addition of Yucca schidigera extract (YSE) products to canine or feline diets improved faecal
aroma as monitored by a human panel. Odour port-gas chromatography (GC) indicated …