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Natural feed additives used in the poultry industry / edited by Mahmoud Alagawany & Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alagawany, Mahmoud Mohamed, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feed additives.
- Feed processing.
- Animal nutrition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Bentham Science Publishers, [2020]
- Summary:
- Natural Feed Additives Used in the Poultry Industry addresses recent information on the use of different natural feed additives in poultry nutrition. Chapters in the book focus on the growth, production, reproduction and health of poultry. Key Features: - 15 chapters contributed by more than 30 experts and scientists involved in animal and poultry nutrition, physiology, toxicology, pharmacology, and pathology - Chapters highlight the significance of a variety of herbal plant extracts and derivatives, cold pressed and essential oils, fruits by-products, immunomodulators, organic acids, probiotics, nanoparticles and their role in poultry industry instead of the growth promoter antibiotics. - Provides details about the use of antibiotic as growth promoters in poultry and the development of bacterial resistance. - Provides a holistic approach on how natural feed additives can provide an efficient solution to animal health, - Covers the main categories of poultry, including broiler chickens, laying hens, quails, geese, ducks, and turkey. - References in each chapter for further reading This handbook represents an up-to-date review of the existing knowledge on natural feed additives, both in vitro and in vivo and the basis for future research. The text is useful to students of poultry sciences, nutritionists, scientists, veterinarians, pharmacologists, poultry breeders, and animal husbandry extension workers.
- Contents:
- Natural Feed Additives Used in the Poultry Industry
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789811488450
- 9811488452
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