Use of herbs and spices and their extracts in animal nutrition

Korošec, Tamara (author), Voljč, Mojca (author), Salobir, Janez (author), Rezar, Vida (author)

The ban on nutritive antibiotic use in Europe and the increased awareness of the consumers triggered a need for natural and safe feed additives to achieve better production results of farm animals. Plant extracts are used in animal nutrition as appetite and digestion stimulants, stimulants of physiological functions, for prevention and treatment of certain pathological conditions, as colorants and antioxidants. This article is a review of present literature data on the usage of plant extracts in poultry, pig and ruminant nutrition.

• Language: English
• Keywords: animal husbandry, pigs, ruminants, poultry, animal nutrition, herbs, spices, plant extracts
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Year: 2009
• Number of pages: Str. 95-102
• Numbering: Letn. 94, št. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-313
• UDC: 636.084/.087
• ISSN on article: 1581-9175
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2543752
• Publication date in RUL: 11.07.2014

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Acta agriculturae Slovenica
• Shortened title: Acta agric. Slov.
• Publisher: Biotehniška fakulteta
• ISSN: 1581-9175
• COBISS.SI-ID: 213840640

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Prepoved uporabe nutritivnih antibiotikov v prehrani živali v Evropi in naraščajoča zavest potrošnikov je sprožila potrebo po uporabi naravnih in zdravih prehranskih dodatkov za doseganje boljših proizvodnih rezultatov. Rastlinske izvlečke v prehrani živali uporabljamo kot stimulatorje apetita in prebave, za preprečevanje in zdravljenje nekaterih bolezenskih stanj, za stimuliranje fizioloških funkcij, kot barvila in kot antioksidante. Predstavljen članek je pregled dosedanjih yznanstvenih dognanj o uporabi rastlinskih ekstraktov v prehrani perutnine, prašičev in prežvekovalcev.

• Keywords: živinoreja, prašiči, prežvekovalci, perutnina, prehrana živali, zelišča, začimbe, rastlinski izvlečki