Feed Additives: Aromatic Plants and Herbs in Animal Nutrition and Health

Feed Additives: Aromatic Plants and Herbs in Animal Nutrition and Health explores the use of aromatic plants and their extracts, including essential oils in animal nutrition. It provides details about the development of bacteria resistance to antibiotics. All chapters provide a holistic approach on how aromatic plants can provide an efficient solution to animal health, also covering the main categories of animals, including poultry, pigs, ruminants and aquaculture. This book represents an up-to-date review of the existing knowledge on aromatic plants, both in vitro and in vivo and the basis for future research.

Covers different categories of animals and novel feed trends with functional propertiesExamines a variety of natural sources based on plant functional substances to promote antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory properties and digestive stimulationsExplores the chemistry and mechanism of action of plant extracts in animal nutritionIncludes sustainable solutions for the use of natural additives as growth promoters

1. The history of herbs, medicinal and aromatic plants, and their extracts: past, current situation and future perspectives 2. Innovative uses of aromatic plants as natural supplements in nutrition 3. Herbs and aromatic plants as feed additives: aspects of composition, safety, and registration rules 4. Sustainable use of mediterranean medicinal-aromatic plants 5. Aromatic plants and their extracts pharmacokinetics and in vitro/in vivo mechanisms of action 6. Distribution of aromatic plants in the world and their properties 7. Herbal extracts as antiviral agents 8. Functional ingredients derived from aromatic plants 9. Toxic or harmful components of aromatic plants in animal nutrition 10. Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in diets of broiler chickens 11. Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in the diets of laying hens 12. Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in diets of turkeys 13. Application of plant essential oils in pig diets 14. Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in aquaculture 15. Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in dairy animals 16. The effects of aromatic plants and their extracts in food products 17. The effects of plant extracts on the immune system of livestock: the isoquinoline alkaloids model 18. Effects of phytobiotics in healthy or disease challenged animal 19. Resistance of bacteria, fungi, and parasites to antibiotics or natural substances of botanical origin