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Poultry gut health
The efficient conversion of feed into its basic components for optimal nutrient absorption is vital for both broiler and broiler breeder production and welfare. Gut health, an intricate and complex area combining nutrition, microbiology, immunology and physiology, has a key role to play. When gut health is compromised, digestion and nutrient absorption are affected which, in turn, can have a detrimental effect on feed conversion leading to economic loss and a greater susceptibility to disease. In addition, recent changes in legislation on the use of antimicrobials, differing feed requirements and more efficient birds highlight the need for a better understanding of gut function and gut health.
Vetanco, an international reference laboratory in animal health announces the appointment of Dr. Michael Kogut as its new Director of R&D for Host Defenses and Immunity.
Together with Dr. Sherry Layton, Dr. Mariano Fernández Miyakawa, Dr. Andrés...
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Gastrointestinal health remains a primary hurdle for commercial poultry success, traditionally managed through prophylactic antibiotics. however, shifting regulatory landscapes and consumer demands are driving the search for reliable alternatives. In the study "Dietary sodium diformate improves productivity index in broilers under tropical conditions," researchers Christian Lückstädt, Stevan Petrović, and Prasad Kulkarni from ADDCON, Germany, presented at the Tropentag 2025...
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May 5, 2026
Canada - Alberta - Edmonton
Bruce Rathgeber, Organizing Committee Chair for the World Poultry Congress 2026, shares the activities planned for this important event that will take place in Toronto, Canada, on July 13-17. ...
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Ravi Kulkarni (NC State University) explains the importance of early detection to avoid the significant economic and health repercussions of the disease, in this Engormix interview at IPPE 2026 in Atlanta. ...
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The constant challenge of maintaining feed safety is highlighted in the comprehensive review "Implication of Fusariotoxins in poultry production. Review," authored by Gabriela Guadalupe Gómez Verduzco, Ernesto Ávila González, Guillermo Téllez Isaías, Juan Carlos Del Río García, and Jacqueline Uribe Rivera, published in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias, DOI: 10.22319/rmcp.v15i2.6090. While feed represents up to 70% of total production...
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Sami Dridi, Scientific Committee Chair for the World Poultry Congress 2026, speaks on the different research categories to be discussed at this event, including smart farming and artificial intelligence. ...
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Greg Mathis (Southern Poultry Research) discusses the use of ionophores and their efficacy in farms that had stopped using them for long periods, in this Engormix interview at IPPE 2026 in Atlanta. ...
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Still in press, this interesting paper, published by Oladokun et al. in Poultry Science, gives us clues as to where scientific research will be heading in terms of gut health.
ABSTRACT Poultry microbial communities are now recognized as key contributors to host nutrition, immune function, disease resilience, overall health, and performance, driving growing interest in this field of research.
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Microbiome research in poultry is...
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FIGAP 2026: The Scientific And Technological Exhibition Of The Livestock Industry
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Two new high concentration protected sodium butyrate solutions delivering proven performance and optimal handling
Adisseo has launched Sanion Tetra 50 and Sanion Tetra 70, protected sodium butyrate additives with 50% and 70% active content. Produced in...
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Vivek Kuttappan (Cargill) shared his research on the beneficial effects of postbiotics and phytogenics on mitigating APEC severity in laying hens, during this Engormix interview at IPPE 2026 in Atlanta. ...
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Anita Menconi, Regional Business Director for Specialty Nutrition, Americas at Evonik, shares her perspective on how specialty nutrition will support animal health and performance toward 2026. She also addresses how nutrition and gut health solutions can help maintain productivity as antibiotic use in animal production continues to decline. ...
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Lukas Bauer, Portfolio Development Manager at Evonik Animal Nutrition, explores how spore germination and outgrowth determine probiotic function after ingestion. The discussion also highlights insights from a new in-vitro digestion model and explains why the timing of outgrowth is critical when managing gut health and disease risk in poultry production. ...
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Anita Menconi, Regional Business Director, Specialty Nutrition, Americas at Evonik, explains how this probiotic simplifies life for feed manufacturers and producers. From operational ease to compatibility with AGPs and anticoccidials in complex feed programs, she breaks down why flexibility and stability matter in real-world production systems. ...
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Introduction Advancing our knowledge of animal nutrition has been a globally significant research field for approaching a century. The vast knowledge accumulated on how to meet the nutritional requirements of livestock has allowed researchers to evolve towards use of nutrition to achieve the wider aims of global food security. In parallel to the highly focused advances in animal nutrition, other researchers were grappling with the seemingly intractable conflict between globalized...
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Effect of <i>Bacillus</i>-based probiotics on improving the intestinal health and performance under enteritis challenge in broiler chickens
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WHY IN VITRO METHODS MATTER Traditionally, diet formulation has relied on in vivo trials to determine digestible and metabolizable energy. These trials are accurate but slow, costly, and raise ethical concerns. Existing in vitro systems, meanwhile, are often too simplistic or poorly standardized to replace live-animal trials. Simulated Digestion System (SDS III) changes this. Developed over more than a decade of research, it uses computer-controlled digestion to simulate the...
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The Department of Poultry Science & Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center of the University of Georgia is hosting an Avian Seminar Series.
The next seminar of Spring 2026 will be on Monday, 2/16, at 3 pm, with Claudio Afonso, PhD...
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Héctor Leyva-Jiménez (United Animal Health) shares his research on the impact of probiotics on fly populations in poultry farms, in this Engormix interview at IPPE 2026 in Atlanta. ...
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Aldo Rossi (Amlan International) comments on developing natural products to improve performance, gut integrity, immune function, and resilience to pathogenic challenges, in this Engormix interview at IPPE 2026 in Atlanta. ...
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Mueez Ahmad (Arm & Hammer) discusses the increasing costs of this disease in the poultry industry and offers advice on how to control it, in this Engormix interview at IPPE 2026 in Atlanta. ...
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