This paper analyzes the background of the development of antibiotic alternatives products, the present situation and development prospect of fermented feed, Chinese medicine feed and Chinese medicine feed additives, as well as classification of fermented feed products, fermentation strains, processing technology and equipment requirements. The traditional Chinese medicine prescription is the source of the traditional Chinese medicine feed additives, fermented feed is the main way to utilize the traditional Chinese medicine residue. The source and treatment experiment of feed additive of Pulsatilla decoction for preventing and curing piglet diarrhea are mainly introduced. The resultsshows that the cure rates of piglet diarrhea are 90.0%, 94.0% and 92.0%, the average cure days are 3.6 days, 2.8 days and 3.3 days, respectively,in Pulsatilla feed additives group, Ofloxacin groupand Baitouweng decoction group. There is no significant difference amongthe three groups (P>0.05), 15% baitouweng soup feed additive can replace antibiotics and traditional Chinese medicine prescription medicine. With the advent of the era of anti-antibiotics, it is necessary to update the knowledge of fermented feed and traditional Chinese medicine feed additives. |