Sodium butyrate has a wide range of physiological function such as improving ani- mal performance, regulating gastrointestinal microeeology, improving organism immunity and so on. As a green effective feed additive, sodium butyrate was used in animal production, and in- creasingly gets the favour of people and feed industry attention. In this paper, physical and chem- ical properties of sodium butyrate, absorption, metabolism, biological functions and the latest ap- plicatio...