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Alternative feed additives have promising importance in broiler production due to the ban on the use of certain antibiotics. The most used antibiotic alternatives in broiler production are phytogenics, organic acids, prebiotics, probiotics, enzymes, and their derivatives. Antibiotic alternatives have been reported to increase feed intake, stimulate digestion, improve feed efficiency, increase growth performance, and reduce the incidence of diseases by modulating the intestinal microbiota and immune system, inhibiting pathogens, and improving intestinal integrity. Simply, the gut microbiota is the target to raise the health benefits and growth-promoting effects of feed additives on broilers. Therefore, naturally available feed additives are promising antibiotic alternatives for broilers.
Studies in the past decade have shown that Cordyceps militaris has multiple pharmacological functions, including anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-tumor, and anti-angiogenic activities and immunopotentiation ability. The chemical structure of cordycepin is similar to that of adenosine. Cordycepin can be used as a nucleotide during RNA synthesis, which leads to premature termination of chain elongation because of the absence of oxygen in the 3′...
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Over the last twenty years in India, there has been remarkable growth in poultry industry (Ali 2015). However, in cold arid part of the Himalayas, the picture is very different as environmental conditions in this region are characterized by extreme temperature variations (from +35°C to –35°C), hypobaric hypoxia, high UV radiations, low humidity, and scarcity of fodders which affects livestock nutritional status and their health in this region (Biswas et al. 2011, Kalia et al....
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Introduction The livestock industry has undergone many changes aimed at the production of safe products, considering mainly the health of the consumer, thus strongly affecting the area of animal feeding for its impact on the productive, economic and social parameters and at the same time addressing the current tendency to cause the least possible impact on the environment (Montossi et al., 2013; Fajersson, 2015). In the search for natural alternatives for the management of...
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Necrotic enteritis (NE) is an enteric disease of poultry caused mainly by a spore-forming grampositive bacterium, Clostridium perfringens, resulting in decreased growth, high mortality, and increased veterinary costs (Wade and Keyburn, 2015). While supplementing poultry diets with antibiotics can control NE, emerging antibiotic-resistant microbes and transfer of such resistance factors into human medicine have resulted in restriction or ban of antibiotic usage across the world. Inclusion of...
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Following on from the success of the Research Topic “Alternatives to Antimicrobial Growth Promoters and their impact in Gut Microbiota, Health and Disease”, we are pleased to launch Volume II.
Over a century ago Eli Metchnikoff (1907) proposed the revolutionary idea of consuming viable bacteria to promote health by modulating the intestinal microbiota. The idea is more applicable now than ever since bacterial antimicrobial resistance has become a serious worldwide problem...
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Digitize is one of the current “buzzwords” in the animal production industry. But, as with other such terms, it can mean different things to different people. “Digitize” is defined as: “to change something such as a document to a digital form (a form that can be stored and read by computers)” – Cambridge Dictionary Merely making records available in a form that can be accessed via a computer is not enough. What we really need is to...
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Effect of <i>Cordyceps militaris </i> Hot Water Extract on Immunomodulation-associated Gene Expression in Broilers, Gallus gallus (Extract)
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About 50-70% of all antibacterial agents used in broiler production are applied to reduce bacterial intestinal infections (bacterial enteritis). Properly conducted prophylaxis and appropriate follow-up can be effective methods of reducing the amount of antibiotics that are used in poultry production. Impaired feed digestion and nutrient absorption lead to the development of indigestion and diarrhoea in poultry. These diseases, apart from subclinical coccidiosis, have the...
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Following the success of the Research Topic “ Alternatives to Antimicrobial Growth Promoters and Their Impact in Gut Microbiota, Health, and Disease: Volume II ,” we received an invitation from Frontiers to work on Volume II. This second volume includes 31 scientific articles, in the text of individual chapters in this Frontiers Research Topic. The editors are grateful to all 197 authors that contributed and participated in the achievement of Volume II. Homo...
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Developing effective natural solutions for animals - Liptosa: 2020 Summary and 2021 Challenges
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INTRODUCTION The use of soybean meal in poultry diets can be tested for antinutritional factors, which is easily identified with ureatic activity and protein solubility in KOH analysis. This research aimed to evaluate soybean meal quality measured by ureatic activity and KOH solubility in poultry feed mills. MATERIAL AND METHODS For this analysis, 283 samples were obtained from a broiler feed mill located in Goiás, Brazil. Soybean meal samples were...
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Balanced nutrition for different phases of chicken The potential of the germ plasm in poultry available in India is manifested to the maximum, when the health and management of the flock is maintained. If either the nutrition or nutrient management is suboptimal, growth and egg production decline, increasing the cost of production. Higher nutrient specifications than required cause nutrient wastage, stress on the bird and increased cost of production. ...
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Although the first mentions to “choline” date from XIX century (In 1850, Theodore Gobley already described a substance “lecithin”, and then, in 1862, Adolph Strecker heated lecithin from bile, which generated a new nitrogenous chemical termed “choline”), choline’s role nutrition was not well known until 1930s. Since then, several researches have established it as an essential nutrient, which main functions could be summarized...
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With the temperatures rising in most regions, concern for heat stress events in Poultry barns is also on the rise. Heat stress can have a negative impact on several aspects of a chicken’s well-being; one consequence that can significantly impact poultry production and profitability is feed efficiency. With chickens starting to feel the physical impact of heat stress as early as April and May in some regions, solutions are needed to assist their physiological defenses. Nutritional...
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Progres® is a resin acid product for animal feeding. Its power comes from the Finnish forest. Natural resin acids act on the origin of inflammatory damage, by decreasing the production of Matrix Metalloproteinase enzymes. In this way, resin acids protect the gut from the harmful effects ...
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DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM The world population is growing over the years, and it is expected to increase by 2 billion people in 2050. As a result, the increased demand for animal protein will have to be met by a congruent production in accordance to sustainable and environmental concerns. This suggests that alternative feed ingredients should be introduced in the animal production chain (Henchion et al., 2017). Insects meal is one of the promising strategies proposed...
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In this video interview, Martina Kluenemann, Research Manager for Nutrition Immunology and Physiology at Evonik Animal Nutrition, highlights how Guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) could be beneficial to improving animal energy metabolism in animal diets...
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GuanAMINO® is a creatine source that ensures optimal nutrient utilization and returns over feed cost. Furthermore, it spares metabolic energy and works towards an optimized amino acid metabolism. Not sure why you should add GuanAMINO® to your feeds? Contact your Evonik representative for more information.
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Karen Wedekind, Comparative nutrition manager at Novus International, highlights the benefits of using Organic trace minerals as an important factor that can positively impact bone and cartilage development in monogastrics...
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Physiological aspects of the properly functioning digestive system and the organs directly related to it are at the heart of profitability in commercial poultry production. One of the most important organs in the body of every bird is the liver, and the complexity of functions it fulfills proves its unique significance. This organ may be particularly vulnerable to damaging factors, which in turn can contribute to the reduction of production capacity of the flock and, in extreme cases,...
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