Coated tannins: A potential alternative to antibiotics in pigs

A recent study published in the Journal of Animal Science (2022) examines the potential of coated tannins as an alternative to antibiotics, as they improve growth performance, nutrient digestibility and intestinal function in weaned piglets. The recent decisions by the European Union to ban the use of zinc oxide added at medicinal levels in piglet feed and the prophylactic use of antibiotics to prevent post-weaning diarrhoea, is driving the need to find alternatives. In recent years growing i