Application of bile acids in livestock and aquaculture
Bile acids are terminal metabolites of cholesterol,which can regulate physiological processes such as glucose and lipid metabolism,energy metabolism and immune response in the body,and are widely used as a new type of feed additives in animal husbandry.The physiological functions of bile acids and their current applications in poultry,swine,aquaculture and other animal cultures were summarized in this paper,with a view to providing references for exogenous bile acid additives.
bile acidsfeed additiveslivestock husbandryaquaculture