Beating Salmonella with RFCs

Studies with refined functional carbohydrates (RFCs) show a reduction in Salmonella prevalence in breeding hens. This feed additive, harvested from yeast cells, also has positive effects on some egg parameters. It is not easy to break the disease cycle of pathogens like Salmonella. That it because Salmonella infection and spread can occur at any point in a poultry production system. Multiple points of entry to poultry facilities, contact with wild birds, rodents and other animals, as well as bi