Zinc Oxide: Development of novel products for weaned piglets
Food Technology, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Subject Areas
- Agricultural Science, Microbiology, Veterinary Medicine
- Keywords
- Zinc oxide, Nanotechnology, Biopolymers, piglet weaning, Antibacterial activity
- Copyright
- © 2018 Barreto et al.
- Licence
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2018. Zinc Oxide: Development of novel products for weaned piglets. PeerJ Preprints 6:e26658v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26658v1
Abstract
Diarrhea in piglets is one of the main causes of animal death before and after weaning; In recent decades, zinc oxide has been used in high doses to control this disease. These doses are considered to be of concern for the pollutant potential of animal waste through soil and groundwater pollution. New technologies such as nanotechnology, new matrices such as biopolymers and encapsulation are suggestions that appear as possible innovations that can minimize the challenges imposed by piglet weaning. This review aims to collect and analyze information on novel zinc oxide products developed with innovative technologies.
Author Comment
This is a preprint submission to PeerJ Preprints.