Blending organic acids with essential oils to replace AGPs in broilers

In a study recently published in the Poultry Science journal, researchers found beneficial effects of blending encapsulated essential oils and organic acids as an antibiotic growth promoter alternative in broilers with necrotic enteritis. Antibiotics as an antimicrobial growth promoter (AGP) for poultry have gradually been banned or limited in some countries, because of increasing antimicrobial resistance and drug residues in poultry products. However, in many countries, research data have re