Technical Articles

The present study evaluated the effect of administration of a water applied prebiotic on gut barrier failure (Experiment 1) and performance in broiler chickens under commercial conditions [...]

Mycotoxins represent substantial challenges to the farming industry. These include toxins produced by Fusarium fungi, particularly trichothecenes (toxin T-2) and fumonisin (FB1). In the present [...]

Nature has always produced almost every organic substance known. The plant kingdom is responsible for contributing with secondary metabolites administration; many of them offer a great added [...]

The detoxification of mycotoxins has been studied for a long time; the first reports of mycotoxins biotransformation in microorganisms were published in the 1960s. From a practical perspective, [...]

Antibiotic free poultry production can be realized with the application of alternative gut health stabilizers. For gut stabilization, different feed additives are applied during poultry rearing: [...]

Mycotoxins are toxic and complicated secondary active biological metabolites produced by filamentous fungal species, mainly Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium [1]. When animals consume feeds [...]

In intensive poultry production, many antimicrobials are frequently used to prevent (prophylactic use) and treat (therapeutic purpose) diseases, as well as for growth promotion (subtherapeutic [...]

Currently, the world’s population is more conscious than ever about diseases associated with animal production especially foodborne pathogens that can directly affect public health. There [...]

Commercial poultry production farms are under increasing pressure to reduce the use of antibiotics while maintaining health standards and pathogen control. Currently, there is an increased need [...]

Necrotic Enteritis (NE) is caused by Clostridium perfringens (CP). It is characterized by the sudden appearance of signs, which are rapid weakness followed by death; Confluent areas of necrosis [...]