Gut Efficiency; the Key Ingredient in Pig and Poultry Production

• How past experience can dictate future developments in the pork industry: a global perspective - Roger Campbell
  1. Introduction
  2. Effects of technology on the efficiency of the pork industry
  3. Factors affecting productivity
  4. Looking back to go forward
  5. The future
  6. Conclusions
      References

• Host and intestinal microbiota negotiations in the context of animal growth efficiency - H. Rex Gaskins
  1. Introduction
  2. The gut microbiota is competitive with the host in the small intestine but cooperative in the large intestine
  3. Gut bacteria and intestinal inflammation
  4. Bacteria alter intestinal epithelial turnover and maintenance energy requirements
  5. Summary and outlook
      References

• Gut development: interactions between nutrition, gut health and immunity in young pigs - J.R. Pluske
  1. Introduction
  2. Defence mechanisms of the gastrointestinal tract
  3. Neonatal immune function: general aspects
  4. Adaptive immune function
  5. Innate immune function
  6. Weaning and the mucosal immune system
  7. Feed additives and GIT immunity
  8. Conclusions
      References

• Pig health and the modern genotype: implications for performance and profitability - Steven McOrist
  1. Introduction
  2. Sources of pig genotypes in Asia
  3. Disease patterns
  4. Conclusions
      References

• The role of fibre in piglet gut health - Knud Erik Bach Knudsen, Helle Nygaard Lærke and Mette Skou Hedemann
  1. Introduction
  2. Terminology and chemical structure
  3. Physico-chemical properties of fibre
  4. The action of fibre in stomach and small intestine
  5. The action of fibre in large intestine
     5.1.  Fermentation and fermentation end-products
  6. Fibre and feed intake and performance
  7. Fibre and gut health
  8. Conclusions
      References

• Intestinal balance and equilibrium: setting the scene for health and management - Edwin T. Moran, Jr.
  1. Introduction
  2. Strategy of nutrient recovery
  3. Crypt multiplication
  4. Establishing enterocyte-goblet cells
  5. Surface maturation
  6. Protection
  7. Summary
      References

• Managing disease resistance: applying advanced methods to understand gastrointestinal microbial communities - Margie D. Lee
  1. Introduction to the intestinal microbiota
  2. Necrotic enteritis
  3. Commensal bacteria
  4. Analysis of intestinal bacterial communties
  5. Conclusions
      References

• Coccidiosis control: yesterday, today and tomorrow - Hafez Mohamed Hafez
  1. Introduction
  2. Prevention and control: yesterday, today and tomorrow
  3. Conclusion
      References

• Nutrigenomics: evaluating and understanding nutritional effects on intestinal gene expression and function - Richard A. Murphy and Karl A. Dawson
  1. Introduction
  2. Animal nutrition
  3. The avian genome project
  4. Utilisation of genomic information
  5. Transcriptomics and the use of microarrays for evaluating gene expression
  6. Avian research beyond the genome
  7. Role of mannoproteins and mannanoligosaccharides in animal health
  8. Selenium supplementation: effects on poultry performance and wellbeing
  9. Nutrigenomics and organic selenium supplementation
  10. Future of nutrigenomics in animal production
  11. Conclusions
      References

• The role of nucleotides in improving broiler pre-starter diets - Fernando Rutz, Eduardo Gonçalves Xavier, Marcos Antonio Anciuti, Victor Fernando B. Roll and Patrícia Rossi
  1. Introduction
  2. Pre-starter diets
  3. The effect of NuPro® in pre-starter diets
  4. Conclusion
      References

• Nutrition and gut microbiology: redirecting nutrients from the microbes to the host animal with SSF -James Pierce and Zöe Stevenson
  1. Basic use of enzymes in monogastric feeds
  2. Increasing energy release from carbohydrates
  3. Protein digestion
  4. Interaction between feed material, NSPs and microflora
  5. Comparing types of feed enzymes
  6. Using by-products to reduce feed costs
  7. DDGS a new opportunity or a challenge?
  8. Nutritional value of DDGS
  9. Can SSF be used to improve DDGS?
  10. Conclusions
      References

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