Article published the June 7, 2024
IntroductionThe chicken gastrointestinal tract (GIT) harbors a very diverse microbiota, dominated by Bacteria, that influences health and growth performance of chicken. A healthy microbiota provides nutrients to the host and promotes competitive exclusion [1]. The composition of the GIT microbiota differs according to diet, age and genotype of hosts as well as the portion of the intestinal tract, ...
News published on May 4, 2023
The nutrition seminar organized annually by the Alabama Feed and Grain Association held its 2023 edition in Huntsville (Alabama, USA). The meeting featured prominent speakers, including Dr. Gonzalo Gonzalez Mateos (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) and Dr. Mariano Miyakawa (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Argentina).
Drs. Gonzalo Gonzalez Mateos (Universidad Complute ...
Article published the December 16, 2022
Video published on November 23, 2022
Mariano Fernández Miyakawa (INTA, CONICET - Argentina) speaks on this group of polyphenolic compounds and their properties, during the Symposium on Gut Health in St. Louis, USA.
This member gave a presentation on November 8, 2022
At the following event:
Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals 2022
Article published the August 16, 2022
1. IntroductionFor more than 50 years, antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) have been used in agricultural animal production as a means to increase growth performance through maintained animal health and improved feed efficiency [1]. During the last decades, global concern about development and transference of antimicrobial resistance from animal to human strains is rising [2]. The benefits of AGPs ...
Participation in Forum on August 18, 2020
Satish Sharma Thank you, Satish for your comment. Green tea, blueberry, grape, etc. polyphenols have lots of benefits for health. Polyphenols are very powerful molecules that were part of animal diets during millions of years and natural evolution forces were acting with the presence of these molecules.
Unfortunately, in the last centuries, we were progressively removing them from our diets and pa ...
Mariano Fernandez Miyakawa likes the comment:
At Anthem, we have been evaluating efficacy of Polyphenols ( Green Tea extract and Resveratrol ) and for Lysozyme in specific towards Necrotic Enteritis control. We have been witnessing very effective results.
Polyphenols with string anti oxidant property are quite effective in controlling infections and building immunity.
infect combination of Polyphenol with Lysozyme / Serratiopeptidase has b ...
Participation in Forum on July 27, 2020
Reuben D Walker Reuben, I understand you ask for the reference: Effect of tannins on the in vitro growth of Clostridium perfringens. A M Elizondo, E C Mercado, B C Rabinovitz, M E Fernandez-MiyakawaVet Microbiol. 2010 Oct 26;145(3-4):308-14. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.04.003.
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Article published the July 22, 2020
Previous studies showed that inclusion of polyphenol-rich plant extracts in feed improves performance in ruminants, but the effect may vary depending on the dosage used. It has been shown that polyphenols modify the digestive process through modulation of gastrointestinal microbiota and bypass of protein digestion. The rumen houses a highly complex microbiota which is able to convert indigestible ...