Lysozyme as Alternative to Antibiotics Improves Nursery Pig Performance During Indirect Immune Challenge
Lysozyme is a 1,4-Beta-N-acetylmuramidase that has antimicrobial properties. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of lysozyme and antibiotics on growth performance and immune response during an indirect immune challenge, write W. T. Oliver, J. E. Wells, and C. V. Maxwell, from the USDA, US Meat Animal Research Center and the University of Arkansas.