Beyond AGPs : seeking new broiler growth promoters-one company’s experience
Published on:
06/20/2010
Author/s :
Jacky Michard
The increase in demand for cheap food and advent of modern production methods in agriculture have given rise to the use of synthetic compounds in feed, for example, sub-therapeutic antibiotic supplementation. For the past half-century, low, prophylactic doses of antibiotics have been standard practice. Although the response to antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) depends on a number of factors, inclu...