Organic Acids as Potential Alternatives to Antibiotic Growth Promoters for Pigs

By Zdzislaw Mroz, Wageningen University and presented at the 2005 Banff Pork Seminar - In the context of phasing-out antibiotics for growth promotion and prophylactics against enteric diseases in pigs within the EU, a particular interest is now paid to the antimicrobial potency of various carboxylic acids, and of short chain fatty acids (SCFA), in particular.
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