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Oscillation criteria are developed for matrix DE of type (1) \((PY')'+ QY=G\) in an interval \(I= [a,\infty)\), where \(G\), \(P\), \(Q\) denote symmetric square-matrix functions with real continuous entries and \(P\) is positive definite in \(I\). As usual, (1) is called oscillatory in \(I\) when every matrix solution \(Y\) to (1) with \(Y^T PY'\equiv Y'{}^T PY\) in \(I\) has the property that the determinant \(\text{det }Y\) has arbitrarily large zeros in \(I\). Four theorems provide various sufficient conditions on \(G\), \(P\), \(Q\) for (1) to be oscillatory in \(I\). The results modify or extend earlier ones of \textit{E. C. Tomastik} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 19, 1427-1431 (1968; Zbl 0175.38203)], \textit{Ch. A. Swanson} [ibid. 24, 824-827 (1970; Zbl 0193.06101); \textit{E. S. Noussair} and \textit{Ch. A. Swanson}, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 36, 575-580 (1971; Zbl 0222.34008)], \textit{G. J. Butler} and \textit{L. H. Erbe} [Funkc. Ekvacioj. Ser. Int. 28, 47-55 (1985; Zbl 0613.34025)] and others cited therein.