Butyrate: Feeding the Gut and Beyond for Animal Health
Published on:
02/14/2014
Author/s :
James Pierce, MS, PhD; Nutriad Inc. Elgin, IL, USA; Maja Marien, DVM, PhD; Tim Goossens, PhD (Nutriad International NV Dendermonde, Belgium)
IntroductionIn North America, there has been a tremendous body of research in recent years to find the ideal product or program to replace or reduce the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry production. This is driven by the legislation in the EU and the pressure the health-care system has placed on the use of sub-therapeutic levels of antibiotics for growth promotion. There have been many a...