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View article: Use of antibiotics in broiler production: Global impacts and alternatives
Use of antibiotics in broiler production: Global impacts and alternatives Open
Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections. However, a selective pressure gave rise to bacteria resistant to antibiotics. This leaves scientists worried about the danger to human and animal health. Some strategies can be borrowed t…
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Benefits and Inputs From Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Bacteriocins as Alternatives to Antibiotic Growth Promoters During Food-Animal Production Open
Resistance to antibiotics is escalating and threatening humans and animals worldwide. Different countries have legislated or promoted the ban of antibiotics as growth promoters in livestock and aquaculture to reduce this phenomenon. Theref…
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Potential and challenges of tannins as an alternative to in-feed antibiotics for farm animal production Open
Naturally occurring plant compounds including tannins, saponins and essential oils are extensively assessed as natural alternatives to in-feed antibiotics. Tannins are a group of polyphenolic compounds that are widely present in plant regi…
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Protein hydrolysates in animal nutrition: Industrial production, bioactive peptides, and functional significance Open
Recent years have witnessed growing interest in the role of peptides in animal nutrition. Chemical, enzymatic, or microbial hydrolysis of proteins in animal by-products or plant-source feedstuffs before feeding is an attractive means of ge…
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Seaweed Potential in the Animal Feed: A Review Open
Seaweed (known as marine algae) has a tradition of being part of the animal feed in the coastal areas, from ancient times. Seaweeds, are mixed with animal feed, because when consumed alone can have negative impact on animals. Thus, seaweed…
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A review of the mycotoxin adsorbing agents, with an emphasis on their multi-binding capacity, for animal feed decontamination Open
Contamination of animal feed with mycotoxins still occurs very often, despite great efforts in preventing it. Animal feeds are contaminated, at low levels, with several mycotoxins, particularly with those produced by Aspergillus and Fusari…
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Phytobiotics in poultry and swine nutrition – a review Open
The trend in the use of phytobiotics in animal feed has been increased during last two decades. Investigations showed that excessive use of in-feed antibiotics will intensify the potential risks of increasing resistance in human pathogens.…
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Effect of dietary probiotics and prebiotics on the performance of broiler chickens Open
The prolonged use of antibiotics has led to the development of resistant bacteria and also led to accumulation of antibiotic residue in the poultry feed, this ultimately led to the prohibition of antibiotics as growth enhancers in animal p…
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Essential Oils as Feed Additives—Future Perspectives Open
The inconsistency of phytogenic feed additives’ (PFA) effects on the livestock industry poses a risk for their use as a replacement for antibiotic growth promoters. The livestock market is being encouraged to use natural growth promotors, …
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Potential Feed Additives as Antibiotic Alternatives in Broiler Production Open
This article aimed to describe the current use scenario, alternative feed additives, modes of action and ameliorative effects in broiler production. Alternative feed additives have promising importance in broiler production due to the ban …
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Individual and Combined Occurrence of Mycotoxins in Feed Ingredients and Complete Feeds in China Open
The objective of this study was to investigate the individual and combined contamination of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), zearalenone (ZEN) and deoxynivalenol (DON) in feedstuffs from different Provinces of China between 2016 and 2017. A total of 1…
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Rumen Microbiome Composition Is Altered in Sheep Divergent in Feed Efficiency Open
Rumen microbiome composition and functionality is linked to animal feed efficiency, particularly for bovine ruminants. To investigate this in sheep, we compared rumen bacterial and archaeal populations (and predicted metabolic processes) o…
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Effects of Dietary Energy Levels on Rumen Fermentation, Microbial Diversity, and Feed Efficiency of Yaks (Bos grunniens) Open
The microbial community of the yak (Bos grunniens) rumen plays an important role in surviving the harsh Tibetan environment where seasonal dynamic changes in pasture cause nutrient supply imbalances, resulting in weight loss in yaks during…
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Intestinal Health of Pigs Upon Weaning: Challenges and Nutritional Intervention Open
The primary goal of nursery pig management is making a smooth weaning transition to minimize weaning associated depressed growth and diseases. Weaning causes morphological and functional changes of the small intestine of pigs, where most o…
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Combination of herbal components (curcumin, carvacrol, thymol, cinnamaldehyde) in broiler chicken feed: Impacts on response parameters, performance, fatty acid profiles, meat quality and control of coccidia and bacteria Open
The objective of this study was to determine whether curcumin and a commercial microencapsulated phytogenic supplement containing thymol, cinnamaldehyde and carvacrol in broiler chicken feed would improve health and meat quality (fatty aci…
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Cadmium, lead, mercury and arsenic in animal feed and feed materials – trend analysis of monitoring results Open
This study aimed to obtain insights into the presence of cadmium, lead, mercury and arsenic in feed materials and feed over time for the purpose of guiding national monitoring. Data from the Dutch feed monitoring programme and from represe…
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Effect of dietary supplementation of garlic, ginger and their combination on feed intake, growth performance and economics in commercial broilers Open
On the basis of the results of the study, it is concluded that supplementation of garlic improves the performance of broilers when added at the rate of 1% of broiler ration and can be a viable alternative to antibiotic growth promoter in t…
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Phytogenic feed additives as natural antibiotic alternatives in animal health and production: A review of the literature of the last decade Open
The use of antibiotics in animal production raises great public safety concerns; therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of substitutes for antibiotics. In recent decades, plant-derived feed additives have been widely invest…
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Antimicrobial peptides as a feed additive alternative to animal production, food safety and public health implications: An overview Open
In the last few years, feed additives have been used in animal nutrition to improve nutrient utilization, health parameters and animal performance. However, the use of antibiotics as feed additives has allowed the occurrence of antimicrobi…
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Role of Nanoparticles in Animal and Poultry Nutrition: Modes of Action and Applications in Formulating Feed Additives and Food Processing Open
Nanotechnology is the promising and emerging technology that has tremendous potential to revolutionize agriculture and livestock sectors globally.The concept of nanotechnology was introduced to alter the particle size to few nano meters.Th…
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The use of probiotics in animal feeding for safe production and as potential alternatives to antibiotics Open
Although the production of safe food for human consumption is the primary purpose for animal rearing, the environment and well-being of the animals must also be taken into consideration. Based on microbiological point of view, the producti…
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Tannins and Bacitracin Differentially Modulate Gut Microbiota of Broiler Chickens Open
Antibiotic growth promoters have been used for decades in poultry farming as a tool to maintain bird health and improve growth performance. Global concern about the recurrent emergence and spreading of antimicrobial resistance is challengi…
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Revision of the currently authorised maximum copper content in complete feed Open
The Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) reviewed (i) the copper requirements of food‐producing and pet animals, (ii) the copper concentration in feed materials and complete feed, (iii) the copper bioa…
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Use of biological nano zinc as a feed additive in quail nutrition: biosynthesis, antimicrobial activity and its effect on growth, feed utilisation, blood metabolites and intestinal microbiota Open
A total of 200 1-week-old Japanese quails were randomly allocated into five treatment groups, each consisting of 40 unsexed birds (five replicates, eight birds each). Quails were reared in traditional cages (90 × 40 × 40 cm), and feed and …
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Effects of probiotic, prebiotic, and synbiotic with and without feed restriction on performance, hematological indices and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens Open
The biological feed additives could be routinely added to broiler diets, especially when a feed restriction program is followed. Finally, it can be recommended to restrict feed, and add probiotic or synbiotic to increase weight, improve fe…
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Effect of dietary synbiotic supplement on behavioral patterns and growth performance of broiler chickens reared under heat stress Open
This study examined the effects of a dietary synbiotic supplement on the behavioral patterns and growth performance of broiler chickens exposed to heat stress (HS). Three hundred sixty 1-day-old male Ross 708 broiler chicks were distribute…
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Cinnamon: A Natural Feed Additive for Poultry Health and Production—A Review Open
The increased bacterial resistance to synthetic antibiotics and consumer awareness about the health and food safety concerns have triggered the ban on the use of antibiotic growth promotors (AGPs) in the poultry industry. This situation en…
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Efficacy of Phytogenic Feed Additive on Performance, Production and Health Status of Monogastric Animals – A Review Open
The growing concerns of consumers on the use of antibiotic as a growth promoter in livestock feed have fueled the interest in alternative products. In the recent years a group of natural products known as phytogenics has been a focus of se…
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Host-mediated effects of phytonutrients in ruminants: A review Open
Plants produce an extensive array of organic compounds derived from secondary metabolism that may be useful in animal nutrition because of their chemical makeup. These plant-derived bioactive compounds, also referred to as phytonutrients (…
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Effect of herbal feed additives on performance parameters, intestinal microbiota, intestinal morphology and meat lipid oxidation of broiler chickens Open
1. This feeding trial investigated the effects of herbal feed additives on performance of broiler chickens, jejunal and caecal microbiota, jejunal morphology, meat chemical composition and oxidative stability during refrigerated storage. 2…