Grower pigs in a facility for Parma ham production, located in Modena province, Italy. Photo: Vincent ter Beek
Could aromatherapy using lavender essential oil be beneficial for Italy’s heavy pigs? Researchers from Italy set out to get a question to that answer. They published their findings in September 2023 in the peer-reviewed journal Animals. Most importantly, they wished to know whether lavender essential oil aromatherapy would have an effect on finishing pig welfare, health and carcass, and pork quality.
Lavender essential oil is a calming phytoextract with anxiolytic effects like those obtaine
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