Gut Health and Organic Acids, Antimicrobial Peptides, and Botanicals as Natural Feed Additives

Organic Meat Production and Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 351-378

  Jacob, Jacqueline ^a   Pescatore, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs); Botanicals; Gut health; Organic acids; Phytogenic compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877607415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118229088.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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