In recent years, there has been an increase in the use of organic acids as substitutes for
antibiotic growth promoters because of the fear of antibiotic resistance and the implications …

Antibiotics, widely used in the fields of medicine, animal husbandry, aquaculture, and
agriculture, pose a serious threat to the ecological environment and human health. To …

The strong selection in search for a higher growth rate in broilers has resulted in adverse
effects such as metabolic disorders, low responsiveness of the immune system, and …

Host defense peptides (HDPs) are important effector molecules of the innate immune system
of vertebrates. These antimicrobial peptides are also present in invertebrates, plants and …

Host defense peptides (HDP) are multifunctional effectors of the innate immune system,
which has antimicrobial and pleiotropic immunomodulatory functions. Although there is a …

This review describes different classes of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) found in the
gastrointestinal (GI) tract of avian species, and their antimicrobial and immunomodulatory …

A total of 360-day-old broiler chicks were allocated into six groups in 2 (Coccidial challenge
or not)× 3 (dietary treatments) factorial design. Three dietary treatments including: basic diet …

This experiment was designed to investigate the effects of a dietary organic acid (OA)
mixture and 2 fiber sources on performance, intestinal morphology, immune responses and …

Our trial was conducted to study the effects of formic acid (FA) and potassium di-formate
(KDF) in broiler ration on performance, carcass traits, blood biochemical, intestinal microbial …

Simple Summary The addition of biologically active materials to animal feed is a very recent
topic regarding antibiotic alternatives. This study inspected the influence of graded levels of …