Alternatives to growth-economy

Alternatives to Growth Promoters

In pig production, the terms "growth promoter", "performance enhancer", and "digestive enhancer" include a diverse range of products ranging from simple chemicals (copper salts) to chemically produced antibacterial compounds (carbadox) to antibiotics (tylosin, avilamycin, salinomycin, virginiamycin). Most of the antibiotic group are produced during a fermentation process by yeasts, moulds, and ...

Instruments and Alternatives of Public Debts in Islamic Economy

Alternatives to Austerity Progressive Growth Strategies for Europe

 Before the crisis there were different growth models in Europe: property bubbles in Spain and Ireland, state spending in Greece, hypertrophied financial sectors in the United Kingdom and Cyprus. All of these were based on growing, mostly private debt. They caused large current account deficits, and imploded in the financial crisis. State-led bank rescues to stabilise the financial sector mass...

An update on alternatives to antimicrobial growth promoters for broilers.

Livestock performance and feed efficiency are closely interrelated with the qualitative and quantitative microbial load of the animal gut, the morphological structure of the intestinal wall and the activity of the immune system. Antimicrobial growth promoters have made a tremendous contribution to profitability in intensive husbandry, but as a consequence of the increasing concern about the pot...

Phytobiotics: alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters in monogastric animal feeds

Phytobiotics represent a wide range of bioactive compounds that can be extracted from various plant sources. In recent years, some interesting and novel applications of phytobiotics in the production and well– being of monogastric animals have emerged, and these aspects are reviewed in the present paper. Recent studies at the University of New England indicate that water–soluble carbohydrate ex...