Organic Feed Additives for Livestock

Organic Feed Additives for Livestock focuses on the beneficial effects of organic feed additives, and on food animals, including ruminants, swine, poultry, fish, and more. It also explores how these feed additives can benefit food animal production, reproduction, and health. Each chapter covers the significance of an organic feed supplement, especially as an alternative to synthetic growth promoters, with topics including medicinal plants, cold pressed and essential oils, natural antioxidants, emulsifiers, acidifiers and organic acids, fibrolytic enzymes, organic minerals, probiotics, macro- and microalgae, organic nanoparticles, yeast and its derivatives, and bee pollen. Contributed by a range of livestock and aquaculture specialists from around the world, the book takes a holistic approach to explore how organic additives offer an efficient strategy to improve livestock productivity and health. This reference is an excellent resource for researchers and graduate students interested in animal agriculture, as well as veterinarians, animal nutritionists, breeders, and other livestock specialists. It will allow experts to stay up-to-date on organic options for livestock and serve as a starting point in generating new research ideas. Summarizes the latest developments in organic livestock nutritionDescribes the importance of organic and natural feed supplements in the production of the healthy food for livestockOffers natural, nutritionally beneficial alternatives to antibiotics and synthetic growth promoters INDICE: 1. Introduction and background2. The significance of organic feed additives in animal nutrition3. Phytobiotics and their applications in fish4. Cold-pressed and essential oils5. Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics in animal and poultry nutrition6. Acidifiers and organic acids7. Natural antioxidants in farm animals8. Emulsifiers and their applications in farm animals9. Naturally produced nanoparticles and their applications in farm animals10. Propolis and bee pollen11. Use of Macro- and Microalgae in animal nutrition12. Bile acids in poultry nutrition13. Antimicrobial feed additives14. Methyl Donors and their roles in poultry nutrition15. Amino acids: Functionality and applications16. Fibrolytic enzymes in animal and fish nutrition17. Yeast and its derivatives in animal and fish nutrition18. Omega 3-6-9 fatty acids and their role in improving health and production19. Chelates and organic minerals

• ISBN: 978-0-443-13510-1
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 250
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2024
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés