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Modulation of inmmune function via nutrition

Published on: 05/06/2010

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Author : Annelies Diericx

FUELED BY THE INCREASED FOCUS ON THE PREVENTION OF ANIMAL DISEASES, THE BOOSTING OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM VIA NUTRITION ALSO GAINS MORE ATTENTION. ANNELIES DIERICX AND JAN VANEYS EXPLAIN HOW A MIX OF COATED BUTYRIC ACID, BETA-GLUCANS, MOS AND A SELECTION OF BOTANICAL EXTRACTS CAN GIVE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THE BOOST IT NEEDS. More evidence has become available on the effect of the immune system ...

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Waseem Alshible

Hims, Hims, Syria

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Re: Modulation of inmmune function via nutrition

05/07/2010 | Thank you for innovation article
Best Regard
waseemshible@hotmail.com

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Dr Zahid Nasir

Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Animal Nutritionist

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05/09/2010 | Thanks for interesting article.

Organic acids have proved bactericidal activity and also stimulate growth and development villi, thus enhancing health and growth performance by increasing the nutritive effeciency.
Butyric acid have been effective in invitro trial, but due to its high absorption in upper GIT it was of less value in animal feeding. The efficacy can be improved if it is protected from immediate absorption from the upper GIT.

I would like to know, if this product was protected only by coating or some physio- chemical treatment and what was the recovery rate of tested butyric acid in lower GIT.

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Dan L. Mcdermott

Rock Island, Illinois, United States

Specialist in Animal Nutrition

Re: Modulation of inmmune function via nutrition

05/10/2010 | Annellie Diericx

In you introduction you mention ION OF BOTANICAL EXTRACTS.
Can you expand on this ingrediet and its function?

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Hafiz Imran

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Animal Nutritionist

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05/11/2010 | Combining organic acid, mannan oligosaccharides and herbal extracts for immunity enhancement is good idea. The use of three products singly for immuno modulation and as an alternative to AGPs is gaining attention. What about product stability because organic acids dissociate during pelleting due to steam addition? Coating protect organic acids from dissociation and absorption from GIT. A mixture of dissociated and undissociated acids have better growth promoting effects.

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Pradeep Sahay

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Marketing Manager

Avi agro marketing solutions

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05/14/2010 | it is very much intresting and meeningfull artical you have postet i am vreymuch intrested in your artical

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Nadir Alloui

Batna, Batna, Algeria

Veterinary Doctor

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05/15/2010 | Merci, pour votre article, en effet depuis linterdiction des antibiotiques facteurs de croissance (AFC), beaucoup de laboratoires sont lancés dans la recherche dalternatives aux AFC. Déja beaucoup de traveaux ont été réalisés sur les prébiotiques, probiotiques, symbiotiques et phytobiotiques. En effet certains produits, non seulement stimulent la croissance , mais aussi , ils boostent limmunité grâce à leur action au niveau du tube digestif. Ces produits sont déjà commercialisés dans la plus part des pays européens, cependant pour des raisons économiques (prix), leur utilisation dans les pays en voie de développement est encore tardive.

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Hafiz Wasi Khan

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Animal Nutritionist

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05/19/2010 | This is really wonderful and self explanatory article. In animal husbandry it is very important that your animal must remain protected from any type of stress so that productivity of the animal must not be affected adverslely. The author has tried to point out the importance of nutrition as a tool to maintain productivity of animals.
However i will like that the author should be kind enough to explain the nature of botanical extract as this term sometimes is widely misused.
I congratulate the author for the efforts in very positive direction

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Dr. Rahul Chandravanshi

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Harshvardhan Laboratories Limited

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05/22/2010 | Annellie Diericx

In you introduction you mention ION OF BOTANICAL EXTRACTS.
Can you expand on Botanical Extracts? It is a very vast subject and needs your proper introductin.

Regards,
Dr. RAHUL CHANDRAVANSHI
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Director-Animal Health & Nutrition
HLPL-INDIA

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Philip Justin Waya

Al Khartum, Al Khartum, Sudan

Animal Nutritionist

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05/28/2010 | the mordenzation in the field of dairy it is good but when we are getting in we going to creat problems for our resources that we can control
thanks

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Sadeq Al-maswari

Dhamar, Dhamar, Yemen

Specialist in Animal Nutrition

Re: Modulation of inmmune function via nutrition

05/30/2010 | please my friend :
when you wrote yeast cell wall -you forget to put - (YCW) after it directly, so the reader will not understand that YCW you wrote it after that.
i wanna thank you for your usefull article, and i think if u can send me the references i can add it as a reference in my searches about mannanoligosaccharides (MOS).

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Dr.sohail Ahmad

Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Animal Nutritionist

Re: Modulation of inmmune function via nutrition

06/01/2010 |

It is a informative article. organic acids are widely used in pig feeds but now
these are also used in poultry diets. It is my experience in broilers trials when we
used organic acids (Acetic acid, Butric acid etc) specially in summer season it
improves growth and maintain the ph of GITand also improves immune system
against respiratory diseases.It is clear that when we used organic acids in pelleted
feeds , there efficiency is less as compared we used in water with vitamin E plus
vitamin C.

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Mrinal Sharma

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Veterinary Doctor

Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd.

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06/03/2010 | Annellie,

Well conceived and written article but I have my reservations as far as the relevance of the title is concerned. When we refer to animal nutrition we usually dont refer to functional additives. youe whole article revolves around functional additives and its role. I accept Botanicals, glucans and butyrate are at the forefront of building immunity in birds but I would not consider these as nutritional interventions.

Now that I spoke of nutrition I might as well go ahead and explain a bit. By nutritional intervention in immunity I would refer to
a) The right energy - protein ratio
b) The right amino acid balance
c) Adequate levels of vitamins and minerals

Maintaining the above three in the right matrix leads to a robust immune system and is great savings too. The need for additives arises when there is suppression of the immune system. Activation of a suppressed immune system is a highly energy intensive process - like driving uphill - and its expensive.

However since imbalanced rations are so common these days, the need of additives is always there

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