Year: 2021

NINAD BHATT PhD Research Scholar, LPM Division National Dairy Research Institute, India Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) animals are those which are free of specified micro-organism and parasites but not necessarily free of the ones which are not specified. An animal stock or strain derived by aseptic caesarean section (or sterile hatching of eggs) which are reared and continuously maintained with germfree techniques is referred to as SPF. SPF animals are also known as disease free animals, healthy animals, pathogen free animals, clean animals, caesarean derived animals. What is the need…

Jan Dirk van der Klis and Ester Vinyeta, Delacon Biotechnik GmbH, Austria www.delacon.com When it comes to feed additives (plant extracts, enzymes, pro- and prebiotics, organic acids and many more), the livestock industry is inundated with numerous options, not only promoting performance of the animals and improving profitability, but also improving the quality of feed and of animal-derived products. In this context, phytogenic (plant derived) feed additives are predicted to have a promising future in animal nutrition due to their broad range of efficacies, and to their effects on sustainability…

                          DIFORMATES A most suitable Replacement for Antibiotics Anant Deshpande* and Christian Lückstädt *ADDCON Asia Ltd. India Introduction Discovery of antibiotics is one of the greatest benefits to mankind. Millions of lives have been saved across the world ever since the use of antibiotics came into practice. Initially the use of antibiotics was restricted only to humans, until the practice of intensive farming came into existence in the 1950’S and their routine use in animals for prophylactic purposes began. In 1963, the emergence of the first resistant bacteria was described…