Feed additives refer to small or trace amounts of substances added during the production and processing of feed, and the use of feed additives is small but has a significant effect. Feed additives are the inevitable raw materials used in the modern feed industry. They have obvious effects on strengthening the nutritional value of basic feeds, improving animal performance, ensuring animal health, saving feed costs, and improving the quality of livestock products.
      Although the amount of feed additives added to the compound feed is very small, the effect is very significant. In summary, the effects of feed additives are mainly:
1) Improve feed utilization
Due to the lack of certain micronutrients in feed, especially under intensive production conditions, livestock and poultry are prone to nutritional deficiencies and nutritional metabolic disorders, which affect the growth and development of livestock and poultry, thereby causing economic losses. The use of additives in feed can improve the nutritional value of feed grains, improve feed utilization, give full play to the production potential of livestock and poultry, and increase productivity of livestock and poultry.