Feed holds the key to a healthy young animal gut

17-10-2016 | | |
Photo: Peter Vrábel
Photo: Peter Vrábel
Ensuring that the gut is healthy is critically important for all of life’s activity, since all nutrients must of course be absorbed through the gut. The right raw material choice therefore, limits the growth of pathogenic bacteria in young livestock animals. The gut is the single largest immune related organ of the body and is the primary barrier between a bacterial milieu and the body per se. This barrier balances the need to support entry of nutrients through the gut wall while blocking the


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Vincent
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Kees van
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Treena
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Sangill Andersen Swine Nutritionist And Katia Pedrosa P