Intestinal Health Technical Articles
Article published the November 30, 2012:
The human population is projected to grow to 9-10 billion by the year 2050. As a consequence of the population explosion, food animal production must confront a new array of challenges. Among these are global f...
Article published the October 19, 2012:
Introduction
Antibiotics have been used for decades in broiler chicken production for their gut microflora regulation effect, resulting in growth promotion. Governments and consumers are more and more aware of...
Article published the August 29, 2012:
INTRODUCTION
The biggest challenge of commercial poultry production is the availability of good quality feed on sustainable basis at stable prices. In spite of this challenge, commercial poultry production ran...
Article published the August 13, 2012:
The gut microflora is part of the digestive system and influences FCR and the economic performance of broilers. It is, therefore, very important to investigate its composition to better understand if and h...
Article published the May 21, 2012:
Intestinal diseases are an important concern for modern poultry industry because of low productivity, increased mortality, reduced welfare and the associated contamination of poultry products with pathogenic ba...
Article published the October 20, 2011:
Introduction
Given the restriction in the use of performance-enhancing antibiotics (PEA) in animal nutrition, and the concern of consumers about food quality who demand healthier, drug-free foods, the search h...
Article published the September 23, 2011:
Intestinal health and immunity is the most critical system to manage in order to optimize performance in today´s commercial poultry. The development and maturation of the GI tract can be in...
Article published the September 1, 2011:
Introduction
Poor gut health in broiler chickens is a generalized term that means different things to different people (Truscott & Al-Sheikhly, 1977; Tierlynck et al., 2009). Problems associated with shift...
Article published the November 10, 2010:
Introduction The impact of gastrointestinal disease ranges from erosive to catastrophic, and considerable time, effort and financial resources are devoted to limiting the risk and consequence of disease challen...
Article published the October 13, 2010:
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of dietary supplementation of organic acids on the performance, intestinal histomorphology, and blood biochemistry of broiler chicken. The birds in the con...