Tag: antibiotic alternatives

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

Plant extracts may promote piglet health during weaning

French researchers saw improved growth performance in piglets fed plant-derived essential oils, but questions about dose and administration remain.

September 22, 2023

Animal Feed Manufacturing

3 unexpected ways to reduce antibiotic use

Decade-long program finds that producers sometimes overlook simple fixes when trying to reduce antibiotic use.

October 3, 2022

Animal Health & Veterinary

Researchers look to the past for antibiotic alternatives

Naturally occurring enzymes could serve as alternatives to antibiotics — if scientists can find a way to mass produce them.

May 4, 2022

Feed Additives

Yeast may offer alternative to antibiotics, zinc in pigs

A study comparing zinc and yeast feed additives found pigs fed the yeast alternative performed as well as those fed zinc.

April 6, 2022

Feed Additives

5 popular antibiotic alternatives for ABF production

Out of the many products that are available for use as antibiotic alternatives in livestock and poultry, a few stick out as the most popular.

March 15, 2022

Feed Additives

Yeast, fed for protein, could also replace antibiotics

Weanling pigs fed torula yeast exhibit health and growth performance gains in a new trial, suggesting the alternative protein could also replace antibiotics.

September 28, 2020

Feed Additives

Essential oils could help fight antibiotic resistance

Essential oils and other herbal feed additives could play a key role in preventing antibiotic resistance, researchers say, but challenges remain.

March 30, 2020

Feed Additives

Researchers hone in on best probiotic strains for swine

Study identifies two strains of probiotics that improve feed conversion ratio in growing-finishing swine and reduce treatments of ileitis.

February 14, 2020

Feed Additives

Despite promise, hops yield no antibiotic alternative

Long-term trials find hops do not improve nutrient digestion in ruminants, so are unlikely to serve as a growth-promoting antibiotic alternative.

February 5, 2020