Avian gut function in health and disease /

• Corporate Author: Poultry Science Symposium
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Series: Poultry science symposium ; no. 28.
• Subjects: Poultry > Congresses. > Digestive organs; Gastrointestinal system > Congresses.; Poultry > Congresses. > Diseases; Antibiotics in animal nutrition > Congresses.; Laws and Regulations.; Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000); Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000); Animal Nutrition (Physiology); Animal Immunology, (New March 2000); Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000); Forage and Feed Processing.; Feed Additives.; Bacteria.; Campylobacter.; Eimeria.; Fowls.; Salmonella.; Turkeys.; Animal breeding.; Animal nutrition.; Antibiotics.; Digestive system diseases.; Digestive tract.; Disease resistance.; Enzymes.; Feed additives.; Feeds.; Immune system.; Immunity.; Intestinal absorption.; Legislation.; Microbial flora.; Nutrition physiology.; Pathogens.; Poultry.; Poultry feeding.; Processing.; Small intestine.; Trace elements.; Zoonoses.; Electronic books.
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This book contains conference proceedings of the 28th Poultry Science Symposium of the World's Poultry Science Association held in Bristol, UK, in September 2005. It focuses on the discontinued use of antibiotics in poultry and on the interactions between the birds, dietary factors and pathogen...

Table of Contents:

• History and Current Use of Feed Additives in the European Union : Legislative and Practical Aspects / R.A.H.M. ten Doeschate and H. Raine
• Poultry Nutrition without Pronutrient Antibiotics / G.D. Rosen
• Early Development of Small Intestinal Function / Z. Uni
• Absorptive Function of the Small Intestine : Adaptations Meeting Demand / M.A. Mitchell and M. Moretó
• Epithelial Structure and Function in the Hen Lower Intestine / G. Laverty, V.S. Elbrønd, S.S. Árnason and E. Skadhauge
• Immunological Development of the Avian Gut / R.K. Beal, C. Powers, T.F. Davison and A.L. Smith
• Molecular Approaches to the Analysis of Gastrointestinal Microbial Ecosystems / H.J. Flint, E.C.M. Leitch, S.H. Duncan, A.W. Walker, A.J. Patterson, M.T. Rincon, K.P. Scott and P. Louis
• Microbes of the Chicken Gastrointestinal Tract / J. Apajalahti and A. Kettunen
• Mechanisms of Pathogen Control in the Avian Gastrointestinal Tract / A.M. Donoghue, M.B. Farnell, K. Cole and D.J. Donoghue
• Effect of Non-starch Polysaccharidases on Avian Gastrointestinal Function / M.R. Bedford
• Effects of Amino Acid and Protein Supply on Nutrition and Health / M.T. Kidd and A. Corzo
• The Role of Feed Processing on Gastrointestinal Function and Health in Poultry / B. Svihus
• Wet Litter : its Causes and Prevention and the Role of Nutrition / S.R. Collett
• Micronutrient Supply : Influence on Gut Health and Immunity / K.C. Klasing
• Virally Induced Gastrointestinal Diseases of Chickens and Turkeys / J.S. Guy
• The Gastrointestinal Tract as a Port of Entry for Bacterial Infections in Poultry / J.P. Christensen, M.S. Chadfield, J.E. Olsen and M. Bisgaard
• Parasite Genetics, Protection and Antigen Identification / D.P. Blake, M.W. Shirley and A.L. Smith
• Developments and Pitfalls of Feed Acidification in Controlling Gut Pathogens in Poultry, with Emphasis on Salmonella / F. van Immerseel, I. Gantois, L. Bohez, L. Timbermont, F. Boyen, I. Hautefort, J.C.D. Hinton, F. Pasmans, F. Haesebrouck and R. Ducatelle
• Competitive Exclusion in Poultry Production / C. Schneitz
• Campylobacters and their Bacteriophage in Poultry / P.L. Connerton and I.F. Connerton
• Breeding for Disease Resistance / S.C. Bishop
• The EU Perspective on the Monitoring of Zoonoses and Zoonotic Agents / S. Idei
• Gut Problems : the Field Experience and What it Means to the Poultry Farmer / S.A. Lister.