Feed Additives and Animal Health
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19906801Keywords:
feed additives, animal health program, feedlot, tetracyclines, sulfas, coccidiostats, anthelmintics, yeast, microbial cultures, ionophores, performance enhancersAbstract
Most feed additives were developed for or have an effect on the health of the animal. Additives such as tetracyclines, sulfas, coccidiostats and anthelmintics, yeast and microbial cultures have as their main objective, the prevention of disease or other health related treatment. Other additives, most significantly, the ionophores, are not marketed primarily as animal health additives, but as performance enhancers. Even though this is their main purpose, these products have an indirect impact on the animal health program at the feedlot.
