The modern broiler eats around 4.5 kgs of food within its 35-day lifespan, which is equivalent to a human consuming 1,000 slices of bread a day: a tremendous task for the gut.
Around 137 million tonnes of poultry meat were produced across the globe in 2020 and production is expected to rise to fulfil global demand for a population of 9 billion by 2050. A healthy gastro-intestinal tract reduces the amount of resources required through optimising feed usage and limiting nutrient wastage. Maintaining optimal intestinal flock health can play a huge role in ensuring long-term sustainable poultry production. But intestinal diseases, such as coccidiosis, necrotic enteriti
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