Understanding Bacterial Enteritis: The Key to a Cost Effective Antibiotic Free Production
Published:October 29, 2019
Maarten De Gussem (Vetworks) talked about additives and tools to control this disease in poultry, as well as the interaction between the immune system and the microbiota, during the Latin American Poultry Congress in Lima, Peru.
Enteritis causes inflammation of epithelial cells causing the immune system to consume a lot of nutrients to deal with inflammation, reducing the amount of nutrients for muscle growth. A stressed gastrointestinal will cause stress that activates the immune system. This will lead to stunted growth and loss of weight and high mortality and costs in managing the condition.