Gut efficiency : the key ingredient in pig and poultry production : elevating animal performance and health / / edited by J.A. Taylor-Pickard, P. Spring.
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""How past experience can dictate future developments in the pork industry: a global perspective""; ""Roger Campbell""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Effects of technology on the efficiency of the pork industry""; ""3. Factors affecting productivity ""; ""4. Looking back to go forward""; ""5. The future""; ""6. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Host and intestinal microbiota negotiations in the context of animal growth efficiency""; ""H. Rex Gaskins""; ""1. Introduction""
- ""2. The gut microbiota is competitive with the host in the small intestine but cooperative in the large intestine""""3. Gut bacteria and intestinal inflammation""; ""4. Bacteria alter intestinal epithelial turnover and maintenance energy requirements""; ""5. Summary and outlook""; ""References""; ""Gut development: interactions between nutrition, gut health and immunity in young pigs""; ""J.R. Pluske""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Defence mechanisms of the gastrointestinal tract""; ""3. Neonatal immune function: general aspects""; ""4. Adaptive immune function""
- ""5. Innate immune function""""6. Weaning and the mucosal immune system""; ""7. Feed additives and GIT immunity""; ""8. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Pig health and the modern genotype: implications for performance and profitability""; ""Steven McOrist""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Sources of pig genotypes in Asia""; ""3. Disease patterns""; ""3. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""The role of fibre in piglet gut health""; ""Knud Erik Bach Knudsen, Helle Nygaard Lærke and Mette Skou Hedemann""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Terminology and chemical structure""
- ""3. Physico-chemical properties of fibre""""4. The action of fibre in stomach and small intestine""; ""5. The action of fibre in large intestine""; ""6. Fibre and feed intake and performance""; ""7. Fibre and gut health""; ""8. Conclusions ""; ""References""; ""Intestinal balance and equilibrium: setting the scene for health and management""; ""Edwin T. Moran, Jr.""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Strategy of nutrient recovery""; ""3. Crypt multiplication""; ""4. Establishing enterocyte-goblet cells""; ""5. Surface maturation""; ""6. Protection""; ""7. Summary""; ""References""
- ""Managing disease resistance: applying advanced methods to understand gastrointestinal microbial communities""""Margie D. Lee""; ""1. Introduction to the intestinal microbiota""; ""2. Necrotic enteritis""; ""3. Commensal bacteria""; ""4. Analysis of intestinal bacterial communties ""; ""5. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Coccidiosis control: yesterday, today and tomorrow""; ""Hafez Mohamed Hafez ""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Prevention and control: yesterday, today and tomorrow""; ""3. Conclusion""; ""References""
- ""Nutrigenomics: evaluating and understanding nutritional effects on intestinal gene expression and function""