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Investigations on the use of phytogenic feed additives in animal nutrition
Project
Project code: BfR-LMS-08-1322-329
Contract period: 01.04.2008
- 31.12.2008
Purpose of research: Applied research
The production of foodstuffs, also of animal origin, will increase over the next decades.Besides quantity of the products, demands on the quality and, caused by the increasing number of farm animals, the question on the environmental compatibility will play an importantrole.Ideal conditions in animal husbandry will reduce some problems e.g. illnesses caused by poor management. But the use and the development of new feed additives will gain in importance in the near future.Besides an improved feed conversion and weight gain, the susceptibility to diseases during upbringing of the animals and the nitrogen excretion are important aspects in animal husbandryto be considered.The use of antibiotics for growth promoting purposes is completely prohibited in the EU since 2006, after a phase of scaling down.Therefore alternative solutions for these purposes are searched. Apart from enzymes, probiotics and organic acid, phytogenic substances will be applied in feed in the future.
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal nutrition
