Establish and maintain a healthy gut

18-10-2018 | | |
Photo: Shutterstock
Photo: Shutterstock
In the last decade a huge focus was put on intestinal health both in human and animal sciences. In humans, the driver of this research have been chronic diseases like Chron’s disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In pigs and poultry, the main focus are more acute diseases like E. coli, diarrhoea, Lawsonia, Necrotic enteritis and Salmonella. A healthy gut balances 3 important parts namely: gut microbiota, gut morphology the gut barrier At birth the gut is sterile, has a limited morph


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