Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (5): 63-70.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2024.05.008

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Research Progress on the Application of Plant Extracts as Substitutes for Antibiotics in Animal Production

GAO Dan, LIU Yuxing, SI Yibo, ZHANG Peng   

  1. School of Life Engineering,Shenyang Institute of Technology,Fushun 113122,China
  • Received:2024-04-14 Online:2024-09-30 Published:2024-11-29

Abstract: The irrational use or even abuse of antibiotics in animal production not only seriously endangers the health of human beings and animals, but also brings negative effects to social and economic development. Antibiotics were once used as feed additives to promote growth and improve feed conversion of livestock and poultry. Announcement No. 194 issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China in 2019 required that the feed manufacturers were prohibited to produce commercial feed containing growth-promoting drug feed additives (except for traditional Chinese medicine) since 1 July 2020. Therefore, it is urgent to research and develop new green feed additives replacing antibiotics. In recent years, plant-derived feed additives have become a popular alternative to antibiotics. Studies have shown that plant extracts possessed the ability to improve growth and reproductive performance, regulate intestinal bacterial flora, enhance immune function, as well as prevent and control diseases in animal production. In this paper, the research progress on the application of plant extracts as substitutes for antibiotics in animal production was reviewed, in hoping to provide references for the promotion and application of plant-derived feed additives in animal production.

Key words: plant extract, antibiotic, antibiotic substitute, feed additive, animal production

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