Potential for application of feed additives encapsulation technology in animal nutrition

Demands for higher production and consumer demand healthier food have encouraged intensive research alternative animal growth promoters in recent years. Research trends are focused on the development of new products enriched with feed additives to improve health enhancing production. Many these compounds unstable presence light, air, water, or high temperatures need be protected during processing, storage, application. By encapsulatied microparticles, from harmful external influences, their stability functionality not diminished. Microencapsulation technology is used protect payload bioavailability by controlled targeted delivery digestive tract. It particularly suitable addition ruminant’s nutrition, because correct choice microparticle material allows release small intestine, rumen. With proper use, formulations an effective tool nutrition that delivers nutrients and/or drugs a specific site at desired rate. The paper summarizes laboratory studies application microencapsulation feeding ruminants monogastric animals. Numerous results encapsulated shown positive effect health, increased productivity without negative effects final product, environmental protection.