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Gut Health

Monday, June 22, 2020
Building resilient pigs and sustainable environments
The impending phase-out of the use of zinc oxide (ZnO) in the European Union (EU) taking effect in 2021 creates a challenge for producers who will be raising healthy piglets without ZnO. Anticipating this shift away from ZnO, the industry i ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Reducing AGPs: Insights from research in Vietnam
While there is widespread agreement that the use of in-feed antibiotics as antibiotic growth promotors (AGPs) needs to be reduced because of consequences for animal and human health, achieving this aim worldwide, including in regions such a ...
Monday, June 15, 2020
The importance of microbiota and gut integrity before challenges
A balanced microbiota is vital for the intestine to have good function, in addition to gut integrity. The microbiota is formed by non-pathogenic microorganisms, which are of key importance for the metabolism and the absorption of nutrients ...
Monday, June 8, 2020
Feeding for resiliency against pathogens
Disease-causing pathogens are among a multitude of challenges that livestock and poultry producers must overcome in order to achieve efficient growth and optimal productivity. It's virtually impossible to eliminate pathogens from the en ...
Monday, June 8, 2020
Probiotic yeast as part of salmonella control programs
Foodborne pathogen control is a multi-factorial issue, that concerns the whole poultry production chain, from farm to fork. It has led the industry to develop integrated prevention programs that are implemented from the feed mill to the far ...
Monday, June 8, 2020
Influence of autolysed whole yeast and yeast components on broiler chickens challenged with salmonella lipopolysaccharide
The objective of this study was to assess the effect of dietary yeast products on broiler chickens challenged with salmonella lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The chicks were divided into 8 treatments with 6 replicates and 9 birds per replicate.
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Patented alkyl esters of medium chain fatty acids are enhancing broiler gut health and performance
Strong gut health plays a vital role in reducing disease incidence and achieving optimal broiler performance and farm results. While antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) have been widely used in flocks, more and more bans on the use of AGP ...
Monday, May 18, 2020
Leading the fight against Avian Influenza
The need to combat Avian Influenza (AI) on poultry farms has arguably never been greater than it is today. As governments and health authorities fight to contain the devastating impact of Covid-19, it is vital to avoid any easing of focus o ...
Monday, May 11, 2020
No shortcuts to controlling Salmonella
There are no shortcuts to controlling the existence and impact of Salmonella in the poultry industry, just a massive amount of hard work and attention to detail, from chick production right through to the finished bird.
Monday, May 4, 2020
The impact of dietary supplementation of essential oils on broilers' growth performance and meat quality
Antibiotics have been used as feed additives in the past decades for growth promotion effect. Since the ban of antibiotics as growth promoters by the EU in 2006, non-antibiotic alternatives have attracted huge interest from the livestock pr ...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Evolution of Biosecurity from the anecdotal approach, to application of the scientific method towards a total culture change
Agriculture is one of the easiest sectors of the economy to disrupt and is vulnerable to natural orintentional threats. In livestock agriculture, due to the globalization of food production, intensification and concentration of animals in l ...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Using probiotics to cut antibiotic usage without damaging piglet health or performance
Today's swine industry is changing faster than ever in its constant drive for greater global competitiveness. Farms have become bigger, animal density has increased and sanitary risks continue to rise.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Biosecurity on-farm - the impact of an agglomerate of diformate and monolaurate on low pathogen loads in the litter
It is generally agreed that good gut health is effective against intestinal pathogens, a strategy that has only been made possible through the removal of antibiotic growth promoters in feed. Creating and maintaining a healthy intestinal env ...
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Roles of fibre fermentation in monogastric animals: 2. Training microbiome to enhance fermentation of the major cereal NSPs
In the previous edition, benefits of increasing post-ileal fibre fermentation through supplementation of β-1,4-endo-xylanase were introduced suggesting a hypothesis that effective fibre fermentation needs adaptation of microbiota. In t ...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Potential adverse effects on animal health and performance caused by the addition of mineral adsorbents to feeds to reduce mycotoxin exposure
The contamination of feed with mycotoxins is a continuing feed quality and safetyissue, leading to significant losses in livestock production and potential human health risks. Consequently, various methods have been developed to reduce the ...
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