SPECIAL STORY 40 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE February 2021 PRONUTRIENTS FOR AN ANTIBIOTIC-FREE ANIMAL PRODUCTION Animal husbandry is in need for natural effective solutions that can replace antibiotics, particularly antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs), and maintain production performance. In this sense, pronutrients are a good tool that meets all the requirements to become an exceptional solution for an antibiotic-free production. In the last decades, there has been a trend to reduce and limit the use of antibiotic additives in animal production due to their consequences, which are related to the development of resistant bacteria and the presence of residues in animal products that threaten animal welfare and human safety. Animal husbandry is in need for natural effective solutions that can replace antibiotics, particularly antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs), and maintain production performance. In this sense, pronutrients are a good tool that meets all the requirements to become an exceptional solution for an antibiotic-free production. Why are antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) used? Intensification of poultry farming is a phenomenon that occurs worldwide and implies the use of highly productive genetic lines to save time and space, as they have much higher production and growing rates and are raised in high densities. These, together with the use of commercial diets that do not include pronutrients, led to the weakening of the organs, making animals prone to suffer diseases. To prevent diseases that take advantage of weaker animals, products such as AGPs were included in the diets to reduce the load of microorganisms in the digestive system and, therefore, reduce the probability to suffer infections. Pronutrients are natural solutions to replace conventional products If you are thinking of replacing antibiotics or other traditional products and are looking for a natural alternative, your choice must Júlia Pié Oprí Veterinarian Biovet S.A. Laboratories
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