Role of acidifiers in livestock nutrition and health: A review

BV Pearlin, S Muthuvel, P Govidasamy… - Journal of animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ever since the European ban on use of in‐feed antibiotics in food animals, the search for
alternate antibiotic‐free growth promoter is undertaken worldwide. There are few …

Recent advances in the role of organic acids in poultry nutrition

SH Khan, J Iqbal - Journal of applied animal research, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Prospects of organic acids as safe alternative to antibiotics in broiler chickens diet

RU Khan, S Naz, F Raziq, Q Qudratullah… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Genetically, modern broilers are fast-growing birds which attain the market age at the age of
5 weeks. To maintain optimum production, antibiotics have been commonly included in the …

The current status of the alternative use to antibiotics in poultry production: An African perspective

L Andrew Selaledi, Z Mohammed Hassan, TG Manyelo… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the years the growth and health of food-producing animals have been enhanced by the
use of antibiotics. These have helped reduce on-farm mortalities, lower incidences of …

Organic acids and their potential role for modulating the gastrointestinal tract, antioxidative status, immune response, and performance in poultry

TA Ebeid, IH Al-Homidan - World's Poultry Science Journal, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Using antibiotics as growth factors has been banned due to increasing the problem of
antibiotic resistance and presence of antibiotics residues in poultry products. Therefore …

Effect of phytase with or without multienzyme supplementation on performance and nutrient digestibility of young broiler chicks fed mash or crumble diets

YA Attia, WS El-Tahawy… - Italian Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
A total of 210 unsexed 1-day old Arbor Acres broiler chicks were wing banded and randomly
distributed among 30 cages of 7 birds per cage keeping equal initial BW during days 1–20 …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary organic acids for broiler chickens: a review

JW Kim, JH Kim, DY Kil - Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 2015 - scielo.org.co
The objective was to summarize and describe the possible mode of action of dietary organic
acids and their effects on growth performance of broiler chickens. Previous experiments …

Dietary resistant starch from potato regulates bone mass by modulating gut microbiota and concomitant short-chain fatty acids production in meat ducks

H Zhang, S Qin, Y Zhu, X Zhang, P Du, Y Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Gut microbiota interfered with using prebiotics may improve bone mass and alleviate the
onset of bone problems. This study aimed to investigate the beneficial effect of resistant …

[HTML][HTML] Response of broiler chickens in the starter and finisher phases to 3 sources of microbial phytase

OO Babatunde, JA Jendza, P Ader, P Xue… - Poultry science, 2020 - Elsevier
A broiler chicken study was conducted for 42 D to evaluate their responses to 3
commercially available microbial phytases. Growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of citric acid supplementation on growth performance, intestinal morphology and microbiota, and blood parameters of geese from 1 to 28 days of age

JJ Xue, XF Huang, ZL Liu, Y Chen, YK Zhang, Y Luo… - Poultry Science, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of citric acid (CA) supplementation on
growth performance, intestinal morphology, intestinal microbiota, and blood parameters of …