Gut Health

Monday, October 3, 2022
In ovo supplementation of chitooligosaccharide and chlorella polysaccharide affects cecal microbial community, metabolic pathways, and fermentation metabolites in broiler chickens
The chitooligosaccharide (COS) and chlorella polysaccharide (CPS) have been used as feed supplements in the poultry industry for improving growth performance and immunity. However, the benefits of these prebiotics on the gut health of chick ...
Monday, October 3, 2022
Influence of rapeseed, canola meal and glucosinolate metabolite (AITC) as potential antimicrobials: effects on growth performance, and gut health in Salmonella Typhimurium challenged broiler chickens
Poultry is the major sources of foodborne salmonellosis. Antibiotic resistance and a surge in zoonotic diseases warrant the use of natural alternatives. Glucosinolates (GLs) are naturally occurring antimicrobial compounds in rapeseed and ca ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The Beauty of the Blend: How organic acids support feed safety and shelf life
Meeting the world's demand for more animal protein isn't about simply producing more food but should also include reducing waste and maintaining the nutritional value of feed. Today, one-third of food is wasted between field and for ...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Effects of Dietary Fiber on Nutrients Utilization and Gut Health of Poultry: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities
The inclusion of agricultural co-products has been increased to utilize the nutrients in these products available at low cost, but inherently, it adds a high dietary fiber content in the poultry diets. The use of exogenous feed enzymes alon ...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
ProPhorce SR vs Antibiotic Growth Promoters a match for the ages
Antibiotic growth promoters (AGP's) have a positive effect on growth. That is a fact. We all know that, and we know why using them for this purpose is not a sustainable option. One of the main competitive advantages one can have in the ...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Gastrointestinal tract (gut) health in the young pig
An optimally functioning gastrointestinal tract (GIT) clearly is of importance to the overall metabolism, physiology, disease status and performance of pigs of all stages of growth and development.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Multi-Omics Analysis of the Microbiome and Metabolome Reveals the Relationship Between the Gut Microbiota and Wooden Breast Myopathy in Broilers
Wooden breast (WB) is a widely prevalent myopathy in broiler chickens. However, the role of the gut microbiota in this myopathy remains largely unknown, in particular the regulatory effect of gut microbiota in the modulation of muscle metab ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Effect of dietary globin, a natural emulsifier, on the growth performance and digestive efficiency of broiler chickens
The feed utilisation of young chicks is characterised by a suboptimal fat digestibility, which can be improved by means of dietary emulsifiers. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of dietary Globin on the energy efficienc ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Long-term effect of feeding spray-dried plasma during the nursery stage on subsequent performance and health status to market weight
The benefits of feeding spray dried plasma (SDP) during the post-weaning period are well known (1). However, there are limited studies about the long-term impact of feeding SDP to nursery pigs on subsequent performance and health status of ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Young animals require higher protein concentration in their diets
The nutritional needs are quite different between young and more mature animals. Young animals grow and develop at a fast pace, gaining muscle, developing organs and growing bones while their brains and nervous system also develop. Therefor ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Effects of dietary probiotic, liquid feed and nutritional concentration on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility and faecal score of weaning piglets
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary probiotic blend and liquid feed program at different nutritional densities on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, fecal score of weaning piglets.
Monday, August 8, 2022
Improving the efficiency of a candidate ASFV vaccine through feeding spray-dried plasma to pigs
Spray-dried plasma (SDP) is a highly digestible, high-protein level ingredient widely used in feed for weaned pigs. The benefits of SDP on growth performance, gut function, and immunity are well known.
Monday, August 8, 2022
Identifying suitable supplements to improve piglet survival during farrowing and lactation
Piglet mortality during parturition and prior to weaning is an ongoing economic and welfare issue. This review collates the current literature describing the effects of specific dietary supplements on key parameters affecting piglet surviva ...
Monday, August 8, 2022
The dynamics of the piglet gut microbiome during the weaning transition in association with health and nutrition
Understanding the composition of the microbial community and its functional capacity during weaning is important for pig production as bacteria play important roles in the pig's health and growth performance. However, limited informatio ...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Feeding spray-dried porcine plasma (SDPP) to pigs contributed to delayed experimental African swine fever transmission and progression
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a dsDNA virus that can cause high mortality in pigs of all ages. ASFV is primarily transmitted oro-nasally or indirectly by feeding garbage containing infected ingredients, biological vectors or fomites.

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