Marisabel Caballero

I. INTRODUCTIONMycotoxin-contaminated feeds are frequently reported to be more toxic for animals than their purified forms, indicating possible interactions with each other or with the micro-organisms in the animal’s gastrointestinal tract (JECFA, 2002) as bacteria (Galarza-Seeber et al, 2016). The gastrointestinal tract is the largest immune organ, where several immuno-regulatory mechanisms ...

Poultry production is entering an era of antibiotic reduction or production without antibiotics. In such a situation, nutrition plays a crucial role and enzymes can help by reducing feed costs; however, enzymes are more than a nutrient matrix. As science of application of enzymes in feed and their effects on digestion kinetics in the gut evolve, it is becoming increasingly clear how enzymes influe ...