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1 online resource (190 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789086866366
Content:
Globally, the face of pig and poultry production is changing. The global emphasis on ethanol production has diverted significant proportions of grain away from animal production, thus increasing the cost of feed. This has forced the pig and poultry industries to scrutinise their production methods investigating alternative feed ingredients together with methods of improving productivity and efficiency in order to survive. This edited collection of papers is taken from a series of seminars that brought together some of the world's leading authorities in the field of pig and poultry nutrition and production. The fundamental theme is to address the interaction between nutrition and the gut ecosystem as a means to enhance health, performance and ultimately profitability. The importance of gut development and the intestinal ecosystem as a whole, and their impact on health and disease are covered in-depth. The roles of specific feed ingredients are also discussed. 'Gut efficiency: the key ingredient in pig and poultry production' is aimed at nutritionists and animal producers as well as students and researchers studying animal and applied biological sciences.
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Intro -- Contents -- 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 -- 3. 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 -- 6. Fibre and feed intake and performance -- 7. Fibre and gut health -- 8. Conclusions -- References.
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ISBN 9789086860609
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789086860609
Language:
English
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