Effects of phytogenic feed additives on animal health

Phytogenic substances?represent one of the most ?interesting classes of feed additives. They bear the ?potential to effectively repress the pathogenicity of intestinal micro-organisms and to ?prevent and treat infectious diseases of farm animals. By Dr Elisabeth Rohrer, Dr Andreas Müller & Miriam Goerke, MSc, Delacon Biotechnik   From 1 January 2006 antibiotics have been banned in the European Union as growth promoters in animal feeds. As the only country in Asia, South Korea followed tha