Antibiotics, zinc oxide and gut health promoting feed additives: learning from differences and similarities
Over the last decades, growth promotion and animal health in livestock production has been given an extra push by the inclusion of certain functional additions to animal feed, such as antimicrobial growth promoters (AGP) and zinc oxide (ZnO). However, in recent years, concerns have been raised about the negative side effect of these chemicals, paving the way for the alternative growth promoters.
19 April 2017
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