ARTICLE FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE May 2022 71 ADVANTAGES OF USING MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACIDS IN ANIMAL FEED “Antibiotics were removed from feedstuffs after EU prohibited them in 2006. This put a lot of pressure on livestock producers to find alternatives to antibiotics. As a result, current feedstuff production relies on the addition of bioactive substances, which should reduce the need for antibiotics and other medications while also improving animal health and welfare. Medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) are one such supplement that can be employed in broiler and piglet nutrition.” Replacement of antibiotics in animal feedstuffs with biologically active compounds has become a hot topic in recent years. Antibiotics, coccidiostats, and other medicinal growth promoters have been banned from animal feedstuffs due to concerns that these substances contribute to the spread of bacterial resistance. Antibiotics were removed from feedstuffs after the European Union (EU) prohibited them in 2006. This put a lot of pressure on livestock producers to find alternatives to antibiotics. As a result, current feedstuff production relies on the addition of bioactive substances, which should reduce the need for antibiotics and other medications while also improving animal health and welfare. These substances help minimise the unfavourable impact of environmental stress factors on animal immune systems and production metrics in intensive breeding systems. As a result, competitive exclusion, probiotics, prebiotics, antimicrobial peptides, yeasts, and other additions are receiving increased attention in animal nutrition. Medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) are another supplement that can be employed in broiler and piglet nutrition. There are already a number of commercial MCFA products on the market. Monogastric animals' fat tissue (pigs, poultry) has a structure that is extremely similar to the fat structure of the feedstuffs they eat. This indicates that the kind and supply of fat in an animal's diet can have a significant impact on the composition of fatty tissue and deposits in the carcasses. Currently, the EU's food modification policy is shifting away from large-scale, low-cost production and toward higher-cost, but hopefully safer, end food items. Clearly, current animal feed additives are vitally important for the health and well-being of human consumers of the meats produced as a result. According to Reports and Data, the global fatty acid market is expected to register a CAGR of 4.80% growing from USD 34.68 billion in 2020 to USD 50.64 billion in 2028. FATTY ACIDS IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL DIETS The term fats and oils refers to lipids that are employed in human and animal nutrition, regardless of whether they come from animals or plants. They stimulate greater resorption of liposoluble vitamins, slow food transit through the colon, and Paroma Bhattacharya Reports and Data
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