US researchers say bioactive phenolic extracts (BPE) from blueberry and blackberry pomaces could work as antibiotic growth promoter (AGP) alternatives in broilers.
Increasing the use of crop-based ingredients in farmed fish feed as fishmeal and fish oil inclusion levels are minimized is not a panacea, say researchers.
A new review of the use of essential oils (EOs) in poultry diets concludes that certain blends may help to reduce incidences of subclinical necrotic enteritis (NE) and coccidiosis.
Antibiotics will continue to be used therapeutically and prudently in animal production, but new alternatives and options are needed, says a US based enzyme producer.