Gut Health: The New Paradigm in Animal Production?

• Main Author: Ryan J. Arsenault (auth)
• Other Authors: Michael H. Kogut (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; gut health; production animals; Swine; Cattle; Chickens; microbiome; mucosal immunity
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Gut health and specifically the gut microbiome-host interaction is currently a major research topic across the life sciences. In the case of animal sciences research into animal production and health, the gut has been a continuous area of interest. Production parameters such as growth and feed effic...