Feed additives (natural or synthetic) are formulations added to livestock rations to improve growth rates, reproductive and productive traits, feed efficiency, ruminal fermentation profiles, methane mitigation, digestion and absorption of nutrients, immunity, and overall health of the animal. Organic Feed Additives for Livestock will focus on the beneficial effects of organic feed additives and on food animals, including ruminants, poultry, fish, and more. It will also explore how these feed additives can benefit food animal production, reproduction, and health. Each chapter will cover 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, this 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 and 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.
1. Organic Feed Additives for Livestock - p. I 2. Cover - p. I 3. Title page - p. II 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of contributors - p. xi 6. Chapter 1 Phytobiotics and their application in poultry and aquaculture industry - p. 1 7. Chapter 2 Probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics in animal and poultry nutrition - p. 17 8. Chapter 3 Acidifiers and organic acids in livestock nutrition and health - p. 43 9. Chapter 4 Natural antioxidants in farm animals: an eco-friendly tool for improving fertility - p. 57 10. Chapter 5 Emulsifiers and their applications in farm animals - p. 69 11. Chapter 6 Bee pollen, from the flower to the harvest, and its potential therapeutic properties - p. 85 12. Chapter 7 Use of macro- and microalgae in animal nutrition - p. 107 13. Chapter 8 The use of bile acids supplement in poultry feed - p. 127 14. Chapter 9 Nanoclay in animal diets: properties, structure, applications, and toxicity - p. 139 15. Chapter 10 Antibiotic and antimicrobial feed additives - p. 149 16. Chapter 11 Methyl donors and their roles in poultry nutrition - p. 161 17. Chapter 12 Fibrolytic enzymes in animal and fish nutrition - p. 175 18. Chapter 13 Yeast and its derivatives in animal and fish nutrition - p. 195 19. Chapter 14 Chelates and organic minerals - p. 211 20. Chapter 15 Shedding light on developments in finfish nutrition - p. 235 21. Index - p. 261
Feed additives (natural or synthetic) are formulations added to livestock rations to improve growth rates, reproductive and productive traits, feed efficiency, ruminal fermentation profiles, methane mitigation, digestion and absorption of nutrients, immunity, and overall health of the animal. Organic Feed Additives for Livestock will focus on the beneficial effects of organic feed additives and on food animals, including ruminants, poultry, fish, and more. It will also explore how these feed additives can benefit food animal production, reproduction, and health. Each chapter will cover 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, this 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 and 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.
1. Organic Feed Additives for Livestock - p. I 2. Cover - p. I 3. Title page - p. II 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of contributors - p. xi 6. Chapter 1 Phytobiotics and their application in poultry and aquaculture industry - p. 1 7. Chapter 2 Probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics in animal and poultry nutrition - p. 17 8. Chapter 3 Acidifiers and organic acids in livestock nutrition and health - p. 43 9. Chapter 4 Natural antioxidants in farm animals: an eco-friendly tool for improving fertility - p. 57 10. Chapter 5 Emulsifiers and their applications in farm animals - p. 69 11. Chapter 6 Bee pollen, from the flower to the harvest, and its potential therapeutic properties - p. 85 12. Chapter 7 Use of macro- and microalgae in animal nutrition - p. 107 13. Chapter 8 The use of bile acids supplement in poultry feed - p. 127 14. Chapter 9 Nanoclay in animal diets: properties, structure, applications, and toxicity - p. 139 15. Chapter 10 Antibiotic and antimicrobial feed additives - p. 149 16. Chapter 11 Methyl donors and their roles in poultry nutrition - p. 161 17. Chapter 12 Fibrolytic enzymes in animal and fish nutrition - p. 175 18. Chapter 13 Yeast and its derivatives in animal and fish nutrition - p. 195 19. Chapter 14 Chelates and organic minerals - p. 211 20. Chapter 15 Shedding light on developments in finfish nutrition - p. 235 21. Index - p. 261
