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The use of some plant-derived products as effective alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters in organic poultry production: a review

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Improving poultry production, increasing poultry immunity, and reducing the disease spreading can be achieved by adding various potentially valuable ingredients to the feed or drinking water of poultry flocks. Because of the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) in animal nutrition were prohibited. Additionally, consumer preferences tend towards purchasing products from livestock raised without antibiotics. Therefore, there is a critical need to find effective growth promoter alternatives and treatment methods for common poultry diseases. Some spice plants play important roles in improving the taste, aroma, and color of human food and their positive effects on human and animal health. The current review aimed to provide a broader perspective on some spice crops which can be effective alternatives to antibiotics in organic poultry production. These spices were including Thymus vulgaris, Cichorium intybus, Coriandrum sativum, Aloe vera, Heracleum persicum, Curcuma longa, and Glycyrrhiza glabra.

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Financial support by Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, grant number 17.16.4.18418 is gratefully acknowledged. The authors are grateful to the Russian Science Foundation for financial support in carrying out research on scientific project No. 21-16-00025, NIIMMP.

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  1. Department of Animal Science, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

    Alireza Seidavi, Masomeh Tavakoli & Fariborz Asroosh

  2. Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production, Volgograd, Russia

    Marina Slozhenkina & Ivan Gorlov

  3. Department of Animal and Fish Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21545, Egypt

    Nesrein M. Hashem

  4. Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Wealth Development, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Edfina, 22578, Egypt

    Ayman E. Taha

  5. Poultry Department, Agriculture College, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt

    Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack

  6. Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt

    Ayman A Swelum

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All authors (A.S., M.T., M.S., I.G., N.M.H., F.A., A.E.T., M.E.A.E-H., and A.A.S.) equally contributed in the data collection and writing this review. All authors have read and approved the final version and agreed for submission to ESPR.

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Seidavi, A., Tavakoli, M., Slozhenkina, M. et al. The use of some plant-derived products as effective alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters in organic poultry production: a review. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 47856–47868 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15460-7

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