Feed Additives Flashcards
They are made of organic acid or mixture of organic acids. When incorporated in the ration, they exert their effect on the gastrointestinal environment by lowering the stomach pH.
Acidifiers or Acidulants
These are chemical products produced by microorganisms, which are added in the mixed feed at subtherapeutic level.
Antibiotics*
These are used to prevent rancidity in feeds.
Antioxidants
These agents are used to improve the flowability of grains and feeds by preventing feedstuffs from adhering the surfaces, on the inside walls of silos, bins, conveying
systems and mixers.
Anticaking Agents
These are used to increase lean-muscle and reduce fat deposition in carcasses when added in the diet during the finishing period.
Repartitioning Agents
These are used in the prevention and treatment of
malaria which include phyrimethamine and chloroquin
diphosphate.
anti-malaria
These are chemical agents added to enhance coloration
and pigmentation of the skin or of the egg yolk in poultry.
Pigmenters
These are administered to prevent and control
coccidiosis.
Coccidiostats
These are chemical preservatives added to the feeds to protect them from decomposition by microorganisms.
Antimolds
These are used against internal parasites of the animals
Dewormers
These are protein molecules that have the ability to catalyze biochemical reactions.
Enzymes
can induce feed intake particularly for piglets.
Flavorings
These are agents added to improve the texture and
firmness of pelleted feeds.
Pellet Binders
These are chemical agents that facilitate uniform
dispersion of molecules in feeds or feed mixtures.
Surfactants
Also known as live microbial supplements, these are beneficial microorganisms (mainly lactic acid producing bacteria and yeast combinations) added to rations to improve the intestinal microbial balance of the animal.
Probiotics
These are used for detoxification of mycotoxincontaminated feeds and raw materials by either chelating the mycotoxin or by blocking the effect of mycotoxin at the digestive tract of animals that ingested the contaminated
feeds.
Toxin Binders
