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2. Feed additive - Wikipedia

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   A feed additive is an additive of extra nutrient or drug for livestock. Such additives include vitamins, amino acids, fatty acids, minerals, pharmaceutical, fungal products and steroidal compounds. The additives might impact feed presentation, hygiene, digestibility, or effect on intestinal health. [1] [2]

3. Ractopamine - Wikipedia

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   Ractopamine ( / rækˈtɒpəmaɪn, - miːn /) is an animal feed additive used to promote leanness and increase food conversion efficiency in farmed animals in several countries, but banned in others. Pharmacologically, it is a phenol -based TAAR1 agonist and β adrenoreceptor agonist that stimulates β 1 and β 2 adrenergic receptors.

4. Chelates in animal nutrition - Wikipedia

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   Chelates in animal feed is jargon for metalloorganic compounds added to animal feed. The compounds provide sources of various metals that improve the health or marketability of the animal. Typical metals salts are derived from cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, and zinc. The objective of supplementation with trace minerals is to avoid a variety ...

5. Eating Meat on a Sustainable Diet: Tips and More - Healthline

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   Innovations like better breeding and feed additives help farmers use fewer cattle to feed more people and decrease environmental impacts (4, 5).

6. Cattle feeding - Wikipedia

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   Cattle called corn-fed, grain-fed or corn-finished are typically raised on maize, soy and other types of feed. Some corn-fed cattle are raised in concentrated animal feeding operations known as feed lots. In the United States, dairy cattle are often supplemented with grain to increase the efficiency of production and reduce the area needed to ...

7. Selenium yeast - Wikipedia

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   Selenium yeast. Selenium yeast is a feed additive for livestock, used to increase the selenium content in their fodder. It is a form of selenium currently approved for human consumption in the EU and Britain. [1] Inorganic forms of selenium are used in feeds (namely sodium selenate and sodium selenite, which appear to work in roughly the same ...