Literature & Scientific Research

Physiological additives are those that help the normal development of physiological functions of animals or that make up for their deficiencies. Among these, acidifiers, Yucca schidigera extracts and fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) have to be considered.

Saponins are natural detergents(surfactants) found in a variety of plants. The two major commercial sources of saponins are desert plants: Yucca schidigera from Mexico and Quillaja saponaria from Chile.

Objective - To determine whether feeding activated charcoal. Yucca schidigera, and zinc acetate would ameliorate the frequency and odor characteristics of flatulence in dogs.

Objective - To determine whether feeding activated charcoal. Yucca schidigera, and zinc acetate would ameliorate the frequency and odor characteristics of flatulence in dogs.

Ammonia emission from dairy cow bulldings is estlmated to be 28% of the total emission from Dutch agriculture. The purpose of this study is to make an analytical inventory of ammonia emission data of dairy housing systems and to asses possibilities for its reduction, based upon the analysis of processes and factors involved in the production and volatilisation of ammonia.

Yucca schidigera (Agavaceae) grows in the deserts of Baja California. Its extract (condensed juice mechanically pressed from the trunk) or powder (pulverized dry trunks) are commonly used as additive in the cosmetic and soft drink industries. They are regarded as a “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) products, approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a food additive. They are also fed to livestock and poultry to improve health and productivity.