Plant-Derived Feed Additives and Animal-Based Foods: Linking Animal Health, Product Quality, and Consumer Perceptions presents a comprehensive, multidisciplinary exploration of how plant-based feed additives, or phytogenics, can transform animal nutrition to improve livestock gut health, enhance product quality, and ultimately benefit consumer health. Moving beyond conventional feeding practices, this book integrates cutting-edge science on oxidative stress, inflammation, bioactive phytochemicals, and gut microbiota modulation. It covers a broad range of interdisciplinary topics from animal welfare to consumer science, and offers a unique “farm-to-fork” perspective that connects animal feed science with public health and sustainability. Organized into thirteen insightful chapters, Plant-derived Feed Additives and Animal-based Foods addresses key themes such as functional phyto-feed mechanisms, product quality, ethical and environmental considerations, regulatory frameworks, and future trends at the feed-food-health nexus. Designed for animal agriculturalists, veterinarians, and food scientists, this book provides both foundational knowledge and practical guidance for implementing ethical, sustainable, and economically viable feed interventions.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction From Conventional Feeding to Functional Phyto-Feed Approaches2. Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Gut-Related Health
3. Bioactive Phytochemicals in Functional Phyto-Feed
4. Functional Phyto-Feed Additives: Mechanisms and Applications
5. Animal Health and Welfare Under Functional Phyto-Feed 6. Modulation of Gut Microbiota Through Phyto-Feed
7. Product Quality and Functional Composition of Animal Foods
8. Consumer Health and Well-being: Indirect Benefits
9. Consumer Perceptions and Market Behavior
10. Ethics, Environment, and Sustainable Practices
11. Regulatory Frameworks and Market Opportunities for Botanicals in Animal Nutrition
12. Challenges in Functional Phyto-Feed Implementation
13. Future Directions at the Feed-Food-Health Nexus
