Stimbiotic supplementation and xylose-rich carbohydrates modulate broiler’s capacity to ferment fibre
Claire Davies, Gemma González-Ortiz, Teemu Rinttilä, Juha Apajalahti, Mohammad Alyassin, Michael R. Bedford · 2024
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Claire Davies and co-authors test whether a feed additive primes chickens' gut microbes to ferment fiber better in this study, published in 2023. The additive, a stimbiotic, nudges microbes rather than feeding birds directly. Gut contents from fed and unfed broilers were used to ferment five sugar-rich test materials in lab vessels.
Contents from additive-fed birds produced more gas and more fermentation acids in the upper gut, with more lactic acid bacteria and fewer of a less welcome group. In the lower gut, the acid mix shifted favorably too. Upper and lower gut microbes also preferred different test materials, bran versus chain sugars. The authors say such priming could lift bird performance through better fiber use.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Claire Davies, Gemma González-Ortiz, Teemu Rinttilä, Juha Apajalahti, Mohammad Alyassin, Michael R. Bedford |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |