Vitamin premixes indeed help reduce the incidence of diseases in poultry farming, primarily in the following ways:
1. Providing Comprehensive and Balanced Nutrition
Vitamin premixes combine various vitamins and minerals in specific proportions to provide poultry with comprehensive and balanced nutrition. These nutrients are essential for the growth, development, and maintenance of normal physiological functions in poultry. When poultry receive sufficient vitamins, their bodily systems can operate normally, thereby enhancing their resistance to diseases.
2. Enhancing Immunity
Vitamins play a crucial role in boosting poultry immunity. For example, vitamin C can promote the body's antioxidant capacity, enhancing the vitality and function of immune cells, thereby reducing the incidence of diseases. Vitamin A helps protect the integrity of respiratory and intestinal epithelial cells, preventing the invasion of pathogens and thus preventing respiratory and intestinal infections. Additionally, other vitamins, such as vitamin E and vitamin D, also contribute significantly to improving immunity.
3. Improving Intestinal Environment
Certain components in vitamin premixes can improve the intestinal environment of poultry by promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria (such as lactobacilli and bifidobacteria) and inhibiting the proliferation of pathogens and viruses. This action helps maintain the balance of intestinal flora and reduces the occurrence of intestinal diseases. Moreover, a healthy intestinal environment also enhances the digestion and absorption of nutrients, further promoting the healthy growth of poultry.
4. Increasing Stress Resistance
During their growth, poultry may encounter various stress factors, such as long-distance transport, group transfer, beak trimming, feed changes, vaccination, and sudden weather changes. These stress factors can weaken poultry immunity, increasing the risk of disease. Certain components in vitamin premixes can enhance the stress resistance of poultry, reducing the negative impact of stress on their health. For instance, using vitamin premixes before and after vaccination can promote antibody formation, reduce vaccine stress reactions, and lower the incidence of immunization failure.
5. Preventing and Treating Diseases
Vitamin premixes not only prevent the occurrence of poultry diseases but also assist in treating certain conditions to some extent. For example, vitamin C can help treat respiratory and intestinal infections in poultry; vitamin K can assist in treating hemorrhagic diseases in poultry. Additionally, they can alleviate symptoms like feather pecking and cannibalism caused by nutritional deficiencies, further reducing the risk of diseases in poultry.
By providing comprehensive and balanced nutrition, enhancing immunity, improving intestinal environment, increasing stress resistance, and preventing and treating diseases, vitamin premixes help reduce the incidence of diseases in poultry. Therefore, their reasonable addition in poultry farming is of great significance for improving poultry health and farming efficiency.
