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2022-10-31
There are regular debates over whether or not probiotics should be used only for raised without antibiotics (RWA) production systems, which include no antibiotic ever (NAE) and organic production. One myth is that antibiotics provide a performance-enhancing effect by their pure antimicrobial action. Thus, no additional benefit can be achieved with the combined usage of a probiotic and an antibiotic.
2022-10-31
The gut plays a critical role in health and well-being and houses a vastly complex community of microorganisms. Inoculation occurs immediately after birth, with diversity and complexity increasing until the microbial ecosystem has reached a relatively steady state. This diversity is crucial to the gut’s function as a protective barrier and provides resistance to colonisation of pathogenic organisms, such as Salmonella, Escherichia and Campylobacter, as well as exerting beneficial effects on immune function.
Probiotics can significantly reduce Salmonella Amalaradjou’s intervention will spray unhatched eggs with a probiotic supplement and provide the hatchlings with an additional supplement through their water as they are transported to grow-out farms where the researchers will continue the treatment. This research is based on Amalaradjou’s previous work which found probiotics can significantly reduce Salmonella populations on eggs and reduce its colonisation in chicken intestinal cells.
2022-10-31
The gut mucosa plays an essential role for optimal health and performance of poultry. This barrier or better named frontier, is the location of many interactions between the animal, the host, and the ‘outside world’. Absorption of nutrients, stimulation of the innate immune system, but also preventing bacteria and toxins entering the bloodstream underline the functioning of this dynamic frontier.
many feed additives have emerged in poultry nutrition such as probiotics, prebiotics, micro-elements, digestive enzymes, plants extracts or essential oils and clays.
2022-09-30
The intestinal microbiome is a complex community of widely diverse microbes. Bacteria, which are by far the largest group of the microbial community, support or adopt a wide range of functions such as the digestion of fibres or nutrients, the regulation of epithelial functions, release of anti-microbial peptides, regulation of the tight junction function, protection against pathogen colonisation or regulation of the mucosal immune system. Particularly the protection against the colonisation of pathogens is key to maintaining gut health. Any negative impact on the gut flora, e.g. by oral administration of antibiotics or an unbalanced nutrient intake results in a reduced functionality and immune power of the gut.