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ANIMAL HEALTH

BACK TO MOTHER NATURE!

the therapeutic value of antibiotics,
the call for alternatives is a must and
the only way of forward-looking feed
concepts.
The previously mentioned scientif-
ic gaps and technical obstacles are
avoided in the new generation products
such as the Herb-All line preparations
produced by Life Circle Nutrition in
Switzerland. This is a typical example
for the new direction in animal nutrition
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The Herb-All TM products are bio-
Dr. Alfred Michel complexes, which contain different products. Herb-All preparations satis-
herbs and plants which have a ÞHG WKH H[SHFWDWLRQV RI FOLHQWV LQ PRUH
Nutritionist than 40 countries. Their positive feed-
synergistic effect.
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sulphonamides and coccidiostats were of the part carried out in large farms and at Uni-
considered to be the state of the art versities.
A new promising approach is to
preparations for infection control in farm
feed herbal preparations containing A strict quality
animals. These anti-microbials were
the whole plant and their untreated control is essential
even supplemented as prophylactic
parts. Every plant represents some-
and to increase animal performance. To guarantee a 100% natural prod-
thing complete, because it is a recipe
However, public health hazards due to uct with stable values of all ingredients,
based on intelligence and wise plan-
the development of multidrug resistant it’s important to have very high-qual-
ning by nature. All active ingredients
pathogens and chemical residues in the ity standards. The raw materials of all
of a plant – known as secondary plant
food put pressure on the feed industry to Herb-All products are analyzed by HPLC
substances - have their meaning,
introduce alternative feeding concepts before production. It’s important to know
complement each other and work as
and new therapeutic approaches. the concentration of the active ingredi-
a whole. Taking this natural concept
Although medical plants were ap- DSDUW E\ H[WUDFWLQJ VRPH VSHFLÞF LQJUH- ents and all leading secondary plant
plied during centuries for the treatment GLHQWV ZLOO OHDG WR D ORVV RI HIÞFDF\ RI substances. To mix whole parts of herbs
of different diseases, the rapid and WKH ÞQDO SURGXFW 6XFK SURGXFWV ZLOO QRW and plants, instead of single substances
huge demand to switch from well-es- KDYH WKH VDPH EHQHÞWV DQG V\QHUJHWLF or plant extracts aim to get the maximum
tablished fattening and therapeutic effects and will not cover all required effect of each ingredient. The synergis-
approaches to new concepts could aspects and therefore cannot solve the tic effects of the different ingredients
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commercial herbal preparations of tribute to strong and healthy animals.
In the last years, the intensive re-
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several reasons. Basically, there was formulations for livestock, aquaculture
preparations established new forms of
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production such as the whole movement
about the interactions among different pure herbal products will bring back the
of organic farming of animals. Due to
plant ingredients and the practical use FRQÞGHQFH RI WKH FRQVXPHU LQ DQLPDO
the growing awareness of consumers,
of herbal extracts mainly tested under welfare and healthy food.
legal restrictions and the clear loss of
laboratory conditions.

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