Aiding the poultry gut with yeast fractions. Photo: Mark Pasveer
With certain traditional, medicinal safeguards, like antibiotics, being called into question, yeast fractions are being proved to be a useful addition to a bird’s diet in order to help maintain good gut health and strong growth rates. The gut is the most important organ when it comes to converting expensive feed into meat. As genetic adaptations have enabled higher feed intakes, the consequence is that more nutrients are available for harmful bacteria to feed off and a lower proportion of nut
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