Application of natural antioxidants as feed additives to improve animal health and enhance food quality in livestock farming

Abstract

Feed additives are used in animal nutrition for a variety of reasons, including improving feed quality, regulating rumen fermentation, increasing product quality and yield, and improving animal health. Antioxidant feed additives are essential compounds that preserve feed from oxidation. The oxidation process degrades lipids in feed components, reducing their nutritional value. Consequently, animal health suffers, and productivity decreases. Antioxidant additives are used to protect the nutritional value of feeds, particularly high-fat rations. This review focuses on the antioxidant feed additives that are commonly used in animal nutrition.