Potential and challenges of tannins as an alternative to in-feed antibiotics for farm animal production

Naturally occurring plant compounds including tannins, saponins and essential oils are extensively assessed as natural alternatives to in-feed antibiotics. Tannins are a group of polyphenolic compounds that are widely present in plant region and possess various biological activities including antimicrobial, anti-parasitic, anti-viral, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulation, etc. Therefore, tannins are the major research subject in developing natural alternative to in-feed antibiotics. Strong protein affinity is the well-recognized property of plant tannins, which has successfully been applied to ruminant nutrition to decrease protein degradation in the rumen, and thereby improve protein utilization…

• CP
  China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

  Award: 2017M611930
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province

  Award: BK20170494
• AR
  Agriculture Research System of China

  Award: CARS-36
• AA
  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada