Editorial: Natural products in animal feed and production systems

Editorial: Natural Products in Oral Health

Perspectives for feed-efficient animal production.

Modern animal breeding programs are largely based on biotechnological procedures, including AI and embryo transfer technology. Recent breakthroughs in reproductive technologies, such as somatic cell nuclear transfer and in vitro embryo production, and their combination with the emerging molecular genetic tools, will further advance progress and provide new opportunities for livestock breeding. ...

Editorial: Agency in Natural and Artificial Systems

The 1980s and 1990s saw a reorientation of the field of artificial intelligence (AI) away from disembodied software, a domain where AI research continues predominantly as software engineering, and toward situated and embodied robotics. Crucially, the publication of Braitenberg's (1984) Vehicles and, later on, the behavior-based robotics movement (e.g., Brooks, 1995) catalyzed this emphasis on a...

Use of 'natural' products as alternatives to antibiotic feed additives in ruminant production.

The banning in 2006 of the use of antibiotics as animal growth promoters in the European Union has increased demand from producers for alternative feed additives that can be used to improve animal production. This review gives an overview of the most common non-antibiotic feed additives already being used or that could potentially be used in ruminant nutrition. Probiotics, dicarboxylic acids, e...

Editorial for Special Issue on Herbal Medicines and Natural Products

Herbal medicines and natural products have been the most productive source of drug development and there is a large line of evidence on the applications of herbal medicines and natural products for the management of body function and the treatment of aliments. The multiple bioactive components in herbal medicines and natural products can explain the multiple targets effect in their medical appl...