The application of plant extracts in pets

The common functional ingredients in pets'food mainly include:lutein, curcuminoids from Turmeric extract, citrus bioflavonoids, green tea extract, rosemary extract and so on.

1. Lutein

Lutein is a very good ingredient for eye protection. It can delay pet vision degradation, eye disease and blindness.

2. Turmeric

Turmeric can help pets prevent inflammation and cancer, relieve joint pain, treat gastrointestinal diseases, help pets relieve allergies, prevent cataract formation.

3.Green tea extract

Green tea extract is rich in tea polyphenols which can effectively control the weight, regulate the lipid metabolism in pets, maintain the health of pets' digestive system, contribute to the oral health care, contribute to the intestinal health care, reduce the odor and body odor of pets' feces, and protect the skin hair of pets.

4.Rosemary extract

Adding rosemary extract into the diets of laying hens can improve hatching rate, performance, egg production, total egg weight and feed conversion rate. The addition of rosemary extract can improve the oxidative stability of eggs stored at room temperature.

For Chicken:

Adding rosemary extract in their fodder can improve the weight of chicken , the utilization rate of fodder, the quality of meat and antioxidant capacity of chickens. Because rosemary extract contains anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and antioxidant active ingredients, these ingredients can improve the nutrient efficiency of poultry diet.

Ruminants

Adding rosemary extract to ruminant diet can regulate rumen microbiota, significantly increase rumination time, reduce dietary palatability of lactating dairy cows, increase feeding time, increase the buffering effect in rumen, improve feed conversion rate and daily gain.

rosemary extract can also be used as a pet insect repellent to treat digestive tract diseases.

5. Citrus Biolflavonoids

Citrus Biolflavonoids can improve gastrointestinal health in pets