Harm and Benefit of Plant and Fungal Secondary Metabolites in Food Animal Production

• Main Author: Glen Eris Aiken (auth)
• Other Authors: Arthur Louis Goetsch (auth), Michael D. Flythe (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; agriculture; natural products; plant toxins; animal nutrition; plant secondary metabolites; ergotism; essential oils; food
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Livestock species are either herbivores or omnivores that are maintained largely on plant-based diets. We have long appreciated the importance of understanding dietary plants from both nutritional and agronomic perspectives. However, it is increasingly clear that the fungi, bacteria and other microo...