Use of Herbal Extracts in Animal Nutrition

Abstract

After the negative effects of antibiotics, their use in animal nutrition was banned and new feed additives were sought instead. Instead of using antibiotics as feed additives, prebiotics, probiotics, organic acids, aromatic plants and volatile fatty acids, and plant extracts and oils have been substituted. Herbal extracts, which do not have harmful effects on animal health and show positive effects, have recently been widely used in animal nutrition. In this review, the use and effects of herbal extracts in the nutrition of poultry and ruminants, from which animal protein, which has an important place in human nutrition, is obtained.