Global Restriction of Using Antibiotic Growth Promoters and Alternative Strategies in Poultry Production

Antibiotic Growth Promoters in Poultry, and their Potential Alternatives

Antibiotic Growth Promoters in animal production

Potassium Diformate : a New Alternative to Antibiotic Growth Promoters

Potassium diformate (Formi) is odorless, low-corrosive and easy to handle. The European Union (EU) has approved it as non-antibiotic growth promoter, for use in non ruminant feeds. Maximum inclusion level of potassium diformate is 1.8% as registered by the European authorities which can improve weight gain up to 14%. Potassium diformate contains the active ingredients free formic acid as well a...

Identification and Development of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides as Alternatives to Antibiotic Growth Promoters in Poultry

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Antibiotic growth promoters.

Sir, I was dismayed to see that Phillips et al. were defending what nearly all microbiologists know are grave abuses of antibiotics— their continuous use in feed as growth promoters and the needless widespread use of broad spectrum agents (fluoroquinolones). This is despite their acknowledgement that ‘the more an antibiotic is used, the more likely are resistant populations to develop’ and that...