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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.
In order to keep up with the growing global demand for its products, Alltech has announced the expansion of its yeast factory in Brazil. Alltech Sao Pedro do Ivai has expanded to include a third spray dryer. This dryer will allow Alltech Sao Pedro to dry an additional 60 tonnes of product per day, which translates into a 60% increase in production. “The world’s largest yeast factory” now has the capability to produce 160 tonnes of dry product per day, bringing the annual production levels to...
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The U.S. chicken industry does not use the drugs recently banned by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration from usage in poultry, according to a statement from the National Chicken Council.
The FDA on March 20 proposed a final rule to prohibit the extralabel use in poultry of two classes of approved human antiviral drugs in treating influenza.
Specifically, the FDA rule prohibits the extralabel use by veterinarians an anti-influenza adamatane (amantadine and rimantadine) and neuraminidase...
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