What's effects of feed additives on poultry

Feed additives?are small amounts of nutritive or non-nutritive substances added to the feed to meet the special needs of animals. The development of modern intensive aquaculture has made feed additives play an increasingly important role in poultry feed processing. Rational use of feed additives can increase feed utilization, prevent diseases, promote healthy growth of poultry, improve product quality, enhance product competitiveness, and create better economic efficiency.

With the development of modern animal husbandry, feed additives are widely used in poultry breeding. Feed additives can improve the nutritional value and total value of feed, improve feed utilization, and promote poultry growth; in addition, it can prevent diseases and improve poultry health; improve the physical properties of feed, improve the processing and storage characteristics of feed; improve the quality of livestock products and so on. However, there are some misunderstandings about the use of feed additives. Some farmers think that the more kinds of feed additives are added, the better. In fact, feed additives should be reasonably added according to the needs of poultry species and physiological period, and the dosage and method of addition are very important. Abuse of feed additives not only fails to achieve the expected effect, but also reduces production, residues and poisoning. With the improvement of living and economic standards, modern people's awareness of food safety has become stronger and stronger, and the quality requirements of animal products have become higher and higher. Therefore, green, safe and pollution-free feed additives, scientific and green farming products are very popular.

This article will explain the impact of feed additives on poultry from the following aspects:

1. Classification and main functions of feed additives

2. Effects on poultry performance and physiology

3. Effects of feed additives on fat metabolism in poultry

4. Pay attention to feed additives

1. Classification and main functions of feed additives

Feed additives are divided into two types: nutritional feed additives and general feed additives (including pharmaceutical additives).

Nutritional additives include feed-grade?amino acids,?vitamins, mineral trace elements, non-protein nitrogen, etc. Its main function is to provide the nutrients necessary for the healthy growth of poultry, improve the amino acid balance of the diet, improve the protein utilization rate, and promote the growth of poultry; improve the quality of meat; promote calcium absorption; resist stress; improve disease resistance; improve and improve Animal digestive function to prevent the occurrence of systemic digestive diseases.

General feed additives include feed drug additives (antibiotics and synthetic antibacterials), prebiotics, enzyme preparations, acidulants, Chinese herbal medicines and plant extracts, mildew inhibitors, feed preparations, flavorings, etc. General feed additives are used to improve feed utilization, ensure feed quality and quality, attract food and flavor, and benefit animal metabolism and health. Antibiotics in modern farming have been gradually replaced by pollution-free feed additives. Natural medicinal plant products Chinese herbal feed additives, micro-ecological preparations, enzyme preparations, oligosaccharides, amino acids, vitamins, acid preparations, etc. are all pollution-free feed additives, with comprehensive functions, rich nutrition. There is no residue and no drug-resistant strains and toxic side effects. Poultry products raised with these additives are highly sought after.