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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.
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A few years back, it was discovered that in-feed coniferous resin acids support gut integrity and luminal homeostasis in the intestinal mucosa of broiler chickens by reducing inflammation-associated degradation of collagen. This very positive, direct effect on intestinal tissue manifests as improved bird performance and reduced abundance of inflammatory T-cells in gut mucosa. Such a mechanism-of-action has not been discovered for any other feed ingredient or natural feed...
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Transforming Poultry Farming in India with Srinivasa Farms and Hy-Line
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“NO FOOT, NO HORSE '', an old saying among horsemen comes today as “NO GUT, NO POULTRY” among the poultry producers. Poultry producers know how important the gut is in efficient digestion of feed and nutrient utilization in the modern poultry production system. Intrinsic poultry studies...
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A study was conducted to investigate whether the functional oligosaccharides released in situ as a consequence of fibre-degrading enzyme application ameliorate the severity of necrotic enteritis (NE) in broilers offered wheat- or maize-based diets. Day-old Cobb 500 mixed-sex broilers (n = 1536) were assigned to a 2 × 2 × 4 factorial arrangement of treatments, with six replicates per treatment, for 21 days. Factors were cereal type (wheat or maize), NE challenge (without or with),...
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I. INTRODUCTION Xylans, together with β-glucans and cellulose constitute non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) that cannot be fully degraded by monogastric animals (Cowieson at al., 2008). NSPs have an antinutritive effect by increasing the viscosity of the intestinal digesta (Choct and Annison, 1992; Craig et al., 2020). This increase in digesta viscosity causes an impairment of nutrient bioavailability and a decrease in metabolizable energy, lowering the overall performance of...
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Following on from the success of the Research Topic “Alternatives to Antimicrobial Growth Promoters and their impact in Gut Microbiota, Health and Disease”, we are pleased to launch Volume II.
Over a century ago Eli Metchnikoff (1907) proposed the revolutionary idea of consuming viable bacteria to promote health by modulating the intestinal microbiota. The idea is more applicable now than ever since bacterial antimicrobial resistance has become a serious worldwide problem...
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I. INTRODUCTION The chicken meat industry has made tremendous production gains through advanced utilisation of genetic selection and nutritional understanding to ensure that chicken meat remains a low cost, desirable product that consumers continuously demand (Zuidhof et al., 2015). The industry now requires new approaches to further advance efficiency and production, with developmental programming at the forefront of industry development (Hynd et al., 2016). Developmental...
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About 50-70% of all antibacterial agents used in broiler production are applied to reduce bacterial intestinal infections (bacterial enteritis). Properly conducted prophylaxis and appropriate follow-up can be effective methods of reducing the amount of antibiotics that are used in poultry production. Impaired feed digestion and nutrient absorption lead to the development of indigestion and diarrhoea in poultry. These diseases, apart from subclinical coccidiosis, have the...
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Effects of Muco-defen® on Clostridium perfringens-induced necrotic enteritis in broilers
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Following the success of the Research Topic “ Alternatives to Antimicrobial Growth Promoters and Their Impact in Gut Microbiota, Health, and Disease: Volume II ,” we received an invitation from Frontiers to work on Volume II. This second volume includes 31 scientific articles, in the text of individual chapters in this Frontiers Research Topic. The editors are grateful to all 197 authors that contributed and participated in the achievement of Volume II. Homo...
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Introduction. The indigestible soy galactooligosaccharides (GOS) stachyose and raffinose are considered anti-nutritional factors in poultry because they decrease the metabolizable energy of soy protein (Leske et al., 1993) and decrease performance (Jiang et al., 2006). The objective was to investigate if there was a dose-response effect of increasing levels of the soy GOS raffinose and stachyose in feed on performance and gastrointestinal health including AMEn, nitrogen retention and...
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Progres® is a resin acid product for animal feeding. Its power comes from the Finnish forest. Natural resin acids act on the origin of inflammatory damage, by decreasing the production of Matrix Metalloproteinase enzymes. In this way, resin acids protect the gut from the harmful effects ...
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Necrotic Enteritis (NE) outbreaks cause an estimated US$6 billion financial loss per annum to the global poultry industry (Wade & Keyburn, 2015). With discontinuation of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in Europe and implicit withdrawal of AGPs worldwide, a global research effort has been made to find alternative solutions to minimise diseases in animal production including NE. The current study investigated the benefits of a Bacillus subtilis derived probiotic (Bs29784) in NE...
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APIs and Vitamin MARKET - The weak demand for the APIs
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In the past few years, the concept of “gut health” has established itself as a norm in the scientific literature and animal production. Although the term “gut health” is not specially well-defined, scientists are in agreement that it refers to the capacity of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) to carry out normal physiological processes and to maintain homeostasis, thereby enabling it to withstand both infectious and non-infectious stressors. It is believed that...
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Introduction Today, the broiler industry plays an important role in supplying the protein requirements of the people of the world. Shortening of broiler rearing cycle enhances the importance of growth during the first week of life (Nistan et al., 1991). Although genetic selection for growth has affected the digestive tract of poultry, the digestive processes are not fully developed on the day of hatch (Croom et al., 1999). Therefore, the insufficient nutrient digestion and...
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Physiological aspects of the properly functioning digestive system and the organs directly related to it are at the heart of profitability in commercial poultry production. One of the most important organs in the body of every bird is the liver, and the complexity of functions it fulfills proves its unique significance. This organ may be particularly vulnerable to damaging factors, which in turn can contribute to the reduction of production capacity of the flock and, in extreme cases,...
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If Immunity is your top priority, Immunotech Forte™ is a synergistic combination of systemic enzymes such as Serratiopeptidase, Papain, Bromelain, Bioflavonoids,vitamins and amino acids. It is a fortified immunity enhancer to boost bird’s immune system, reduce stress and gain resistance to disease incidences....
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Kemin Intestinal Health offers a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality and science-based nutritional ingredients to fuel the potential of livestock, poultry and equine. Our solutions are ecologically responsible, tailored to your needs and support the immunity, gut integrity and microbial balance of your animals.
The fourth annual Kemin Intestinal Health Symposium will include presentations from respected industry experts across the poultry, swine, dairy, beef and equine industries...
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Plants extracts (PE) have shown promising effects on performance and intestinal health in broilers. Their potential as antimicrobial (AM) alternatives has been studied for years (Adhikari et al., 2020). A feeding study was conducted to examine the effect of a micro-encapsulated product composed of eugenol and garlic tincture on growth performance, mortality, intestinal lesions, jejunal gene expressions, and histology in broilers during the onset of necrotic enteritis (NE). A total of 960...
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Nutrients in most feed ingredients are present in a complex matrix. Therefore, it is anticipated that feed enzymes like protease can exert a wide influence on nutrient digestibility beyond their targeted substrates (Cowieson and Bedford, 2009). For instance, the disruption of protein matrix surrounding starch granules due to protease supplementation had been shown to improve energy digestibility in some cereal grains (McAllister et al., 1993). It is hypothesised that protease may benefit...
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I. INTRODUCTION Coccidiosis is caused by Apicomplexa protozoa of the family Eimeriidae. In poultry, most species responsible for coccidiosis belong to the genus Eimeria, which infect various sites in the intestine. Coccidiosis is recognized as one of the most common and economically important diseases in broilers, with an estimated $16,7 billion in losses globally per year. The average cost of coccidiosis per chicken produced is estimated to be $0.21 (Blake et al.,...
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