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Alternative feed additives have promising importance in broiler production due to the ban on the use of certain antibiotics. The most used antibiotic alternatives in broiler production are phytogenics, organic acids, prebiotics, probiotics, enzymes, and their derivatives. Antibiotic alternatives have been reported to increase feed intake, stimulate digestion, improve feed efficiency, increase growth performance, and reduce the incidence of diseases by modulating the intestinal microbiota and immune system, inhibiting pathogens, and improving intestinal integrity. Simply, the gut microbiota is the target to raise the health benefits and growth-promoting effects of feed additives on broilers. Therefore, naturally available feed additives are promising antibiotic alternatives for broilers.
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Antibiotic Growth Promotors (AGPs) are a group of feed additives widely used to improve animal health and performance. Mode of action is actually still an area of debate, but it is clear we have moved away from a simple model of reduction of pathogens / reduction of microbiota competition with the host animal to one where reduction of inflammation and modulation of immune response is a more likely explanation.
AGPs are effective in enhancing...
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Highlights of this research Chronic Inflammation means losses and can cause a reduction in growth up to 30% Chronic gut inflammation often seen in field...
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Introduction Earlier, it was hypothesized that growth promoting effects of Antimicrobial Growth Promoters (AGPs) in poultry feed are attributed to their non-antibiotic anti-inflammatory...
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Feed challenges in South East Asia Microbiological quality of feed intended for animal consumption is a relevant factor in the livestock industry because of the effect it has on the health status and productive efficiency of the animals, but also for the potential impact it may have on public health. As it occurs worldwide, there are multiple microbiological challenges that can negatively affect the feed quality in South East Asia. Main difference present in the region...
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The growing global livestock production is moving away from antibiotic growth promoters and coccidiostats, means that the industry will therefore face new challenges impacting gut health. As a consequence, gut health management has become a key focus in the livestock production. The role of betaine and its physiological functions Over the last years, the use of betaine in animal feed diets has moved from selective utilization, to that of a core ingredient in key feed...
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INTRODUCTION In China, Spain, Italy, Mexico and Peru, amongst other countries, the consumer demands chicken with yellow skin pigmentation. Since skin pigmentation is associated with health status and product freshness (Breithaupt 2007, Liu et al 2008, Hernandez-Velasco et al 2014), there is a large volume of whole chicken or parts commercialized with the skin (Baker and Günther 2004). The inclusion level of dietary pigment for broiler chickens...
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FIGAP 2026: The Scientific And Technological Exhibition Of The Livestock Industry
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Most of our customer relationships begin with a unique application challenge, and this case was no exception. An internist at a Midwestern medical hospital contacted us to discuss how our technology might be applied to reduce the use of antibiotics in monogastric animals; his concept was to deliver a blend of organic acids into the intestines to target harmful bacteria instead – essentially pioneering a solution to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in animals and in...
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During a U.S. Soybean Export Council digital customer workshop, experts like Massimiliano Petracci and Giulia Baldi from University of Bologna, in Italy, explained the importance of adequate nutrition in order to get the desired poultry meat quality.
Petracci discussed carcass quality and some of the factors that influence defects. These factors include poultry handling and slaughtering procedures, and stunning. Petracci also shared the role of diet on carcass quality, emphasizing...
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Believe it or not, most of the encapsulation and microencapsulation techniques in use today—spray drying, spray chilling and fluidized beds, among them—haven’t evolved much since they were first introduced during the World War II era. But market...
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Beneficial effects of CoQ10 supplementation have been demonstrated in human patients with cardiovascular disease , hypertension , and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. #Ascites, one of most common metabolic diseases in broilers, causes great financial losses ($1 billion p.a)to poultry farmers around the world. Etiology of ascites in chickens surrounds 3 aspects: (1) Pulmonary hypertension, (2) Miscellaneous cardiac pathologies, and (3) Cellular damage caused by reactive oxygen species....
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INTRODUCTION Resistance of pathogenic bacteria towards anti-microbials forced poultry industry to explore alternative solutions like prebiotics, probiotics, organic acids, bacteriophages, antimicrobial peptides, lysozymes, lactoferrins and phytogenics / essential oils (EOs). ...
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DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM The main interests of animal nutritionists are in biology, not econometrics. As a result, the economic interpretation of feeding practices has practically been ignored in animal nutrition texts and in teaching programs. The development and implementation of easy, customized software models should facilitate the teaching of (and increase interest in) the economic ramifications of choices in animal nutrition and...
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Hormones usage in the poultry production is a trending topic these days. The people that are not related to the poultry industry directly, including medical professionals, media personals and others are not only suffering from a severe misconception regarding the topic, but are also spreading certain health related threatening rumors to the general public. Concern of common household consumers of chicken meat in relation to the...
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Gut health has a great influence on the growth performance and welfare of poultry, as it affects feed digestion, nutrient absorption, protein and energy utilization, immunity and disease resistance, metabolism, and physiology. Indeed, gut health may be of greatest concern among poultry producers because of its impact on economic sustainability, and their customers´ concern about food safety and traceability. ...
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Candidate Genes Associated with Survival Following Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Infection in Chickens
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Since soybean lincomycin base is costlier than rice hull base lincomysin feed premix, what are the advantages of preferring soybean base feed premix over rice hull base premix? ...
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1. Introduction Poland has the third-largest number of laying hens in the European Union, with over 48.5 million of the birds in 2018 and 649 thousand tonnes of eggs (sixth place) produced in 2019 [1]. Such intensive poultry production carries with it an environmental impact associated with emissions of ammonia (NH 3 ) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Those gaseous emissions are of concern to workers, local communities, birds and the environment. Additionally,...
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Technical Advances in Vitamin Physical Properties and Premix Performance
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The effect of sex and age on the changes in cholesterol and lipid levels in plasma of broiler chick´s blood fattened to high live weights was studied in this experiment. 200 broiler chicks (120 males) and 80 females) of hybrid combination ROSS I fattened on starter BR1 from one day old to 26 days and on BR2-IT from 27 days to 9 weeks for females and to 16 weeks for males . 10 males and 10 females were...
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There is a strong link between the stress and immune response of the birds. This article takes the learnings from the breakthrough work of research done by Selye in 1936 and Faber in 1964. Selye is the first scientist to give a scientific explanation for biological stress through General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) model. Faber has reviewed more than 100 research articles to check the relevance of GAS model in Poultry science. ...
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Is resistant starch in newly harvested corn bad for broiler feeding? I have heard that waiting at least 3 to 4 weeks will help the resistant starch being broken down, so that the newly harvested corn won't affect broilers as much. Do you completely use newly harvested corn or mix new with old corn? Thanks. ...
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DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) is a rapid analysis method that enables a multipurpose analyzer to be calibrated to predict nutritional component values after analyzing the reflectance of a feed ingredient in the near-infrared spectrum. The reliability of a NIRS prediction for a nutritional component depends on the accuracy of the determined wet chemistry laboratory values used to make the initial NIRS prediction equation. As reviewed...
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