As a
result, in several countries, efforts have been made to ban the
use of all types of growth-promoting ANTs in animal feeds
[1, 2]. These trends have created an industrial demand for
ANT replacements such as herbal essential oils, probiotics,
prebiotics, and organic acid botanicals [3, 4]. Essential oils
help in the colonization andmaintenance of balanced levels of
beneficial microbial populations within the gastrointestinal
system [5, 6]