Nutritional addition
Alternatives to antibiotics for farm animals
New strategies and commercial products must be developed to improve animal health and performance, based on their safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness. The aim of this study is to summarize the beneficial effects of currently used alternatives to in-feed antibiotics, i.e. probiotics, prebiotics, organic acids, phytogenic compound sand zeolites on health and growth performance in farm animals (swine, poultry and ruminants)
Effect of dietary supplementation with natural zeolite and a mycotoxin-adsorbing preparation on the performance and carcass characteristics of meat-producing poultry
Author Klisarchi, Apostolia Evangelou Date of publication: 2009 Faculty/Department: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology Supervisor: Dotas, Dimitrios. Abstract To study the yields and characteristics of the carcasses of meat-producing poultry, to whose diets three (3) levels of natural zeolite or one (1) commercial mycotoxin-adsorbing preparation were added, a comparative feeding trial was conducted with a total of 480 Ross-type broilers, from day-old chicks up to 42 days of age. The birds were reared on the floor in a closed poultry house with a controlled environment. Root bark was used as litter. The prescribed programme for ... Read more