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Phytogenic Feed Additives in Animal Nutrition

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India is very rich in fauna and diversified flora. It is established that synthetic drugs could pose serious problems; besides this, they are toxic and costly. In contrast to this, herbal medicines are relatively nontoxic, economical, and eco-friendly. Moreover, people have been using them for generations. Herbal feed additives, enzymes, probiotics and prebiotics vitamins, and trace minerals with herbal extracts are commonly used as an herbal animal health product. The range of herbal supplements offered is well known for its nutritious value, effectiveness, and ability to resist different diseases, etc. They have also been used in managing problems of health-related issues of animals. Animal health products protect the sustainable food supply chain and are dynamic enough to prevent disease, etc., in animals. They are a wide variety of herbs, and products are derived from them. Although several reports have confirmed antimicrobial and antioxidative and stimulation of immune efficacy in vitro, a particular experiment under vivo conditions is still not sufficient. Less number of experimental comparisons of herbal plants has suggested similar effects on the animal gut microflora. It is mandatory to use herbal products to keep fit our farm animals and to get healthy and quality products. However, the future of using herb products in animal feed will in a great degree depend on the information of chemical structure, value, and features of practical herbs.

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Singh, J., Gaikwad, D.S. (2020). Phytogenic Feed Additives in Animal Nutrition. In: Singh, J., Yadav, A. (eds) Natural Bioactive Products in Sustainable Agriculture. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3024-1_13

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