Tag: gut health
Intestinal health as driver for an efficient animal production system
The main objective of animal husbandry is an efficient and sustainable conversion of feed into milk, eggs and meat for human consumption. Hence the...
The race to immune competence – How ß-glucans can help
All animals are born without an adaptive immune system in place, it must be developed from scratch. It should be noted that most aquatic...
Gut health and mycotoxins: What do we know so far?
Although mycotoxins are an unavoidable problem and can have a detrimental effect on gut health and the microbiome, some key management practices can help...
Gut health status as a tool for evaluating animal robustness and resilience in commercial...
Different biotechnologies are now available in the market and transferable to production animals to study the microbiome. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing is a...
Feed microbial quality supports animal health and performance goals
The microbiome is susceptible to variable microbial loads in feed. Decreasing microbial loads in feed leads to changes in the makeup of the microbiome...
Sustaining laying performance in aged layers
Oxidative stress increases as animals age, which in turn can decrease laying performance. Aging also leads to variability in shell quality. Therefore, the organs...
What is “gut health” in animal nutrition?
The optimization of farm animal diets and nutrition should also consider the various aspects of gastrointestinal functionality that contribute to improvement of animal health...
The role of postbiotics in promoting gut health in poultry
Antibiotics are used in poultry production, mainly to improve gut health and performance. However, owing to growing concerns about the use of medically important...
Improving the profitability of fattening pigs
The use of natural feed additives in the pig fattening phase are often excluded on the assumption of prohibitive cost; yet losing pigs at...
Alltech launches new prebiotic fiber for gut health
Alltech has announced the launch of Microbuild™, a prebiotic fiber for gut health to support a healthy microbiome in pets.
Alltech has introduced Microbuild™, a...
