Feed Additives: Aromatic Plants and Herbs in Animal Nutrition and Health

Feed Additives: Aromatic Plants and Herbs in Animal Nutrition and Health explores the use of aromatic plants and their extracts such as essential oils in animal nutrition. It provides details for the necessity of antibiotic resistance and the use of natural alternatives to antimicrobial growth promoters. All chapters provide a holistic approach to how the aromatic plants can provide an efficient solution to animal health and covers the main categories of food animals. This book represents an up-to-date review of the existing knowledge on aromatic plants, as well as the basis for the effective application of aromatic plants and their extracts in animal nutrition, as well as the basis for future research. Covers different categories of animals and novel feed trends with functional propertiesExamines a variety of natural sources of other functional substances to promote antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and digestive stimulationsExplores the chemistry and mechanism of action of plant extracts in animal nutritionIncludes sustainable solutions for the use of natural additives as growth promoters INDICE: 1. Novel look on phytobiotics as feed additives. The problem of antimicrobial resistance and what is ahead 2. Aromatic plants and their extracts; active substances and their chemistry 3. Aromatic plants and their extracts; active substances, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, mechanisms of action 4. Sustainable use of Mediterranean medicinal-aromatic plants 5. Functional ingredients derived from aromatic plant 6. Toxic or harmful ingredients derived from aromatic plants 7. Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in diets of broilers and layers 8. Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in diets of turkey 9. Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in pig diets 10. Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in dairy animals 11. Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in aquacultur 12. The effects of aromatic plants and their extracts on immunity of poultry 13. The effects of aromatic plants and their extracts on immunity of mammals 14. The effect of aromatic plants and their extracts in food products 15. The effect of aromatic plants and their extracts in healthy or disease challenged animals 16. Antimicrobial resistance to natural substances

• ISBN: 978-0-12-814700-9
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 372
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés