Avian Gut Function in Health and Disease:

CONTENTS......Page 5
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 13
PART I: Introduction......Page 15
CHAPTER 1 History and Current Use of Feed Additives in the European Union: Legislative and Practical Aspects......Page 17
CHAPTER 2 Poultry Nutrition without Pronutrient Antibiotics......Page 27
PART II: Gastrointestinal structure and functional development......Page 41
CHAPTER 3 Early Development of Small Intestinal Function......Page 43
CHAPTER 4 Absorptive Function of the Small Intestine: Adaptations Meeting Demand......Page 57
CHAPTER 5 Epithelial Structure and Function in the Hen Lower Intestine......Page 79
CHAPTER 6 Immunological Development of the Avian Gut......Page 99
PART III: Gastrointestinal flora......Page 119
CHAPTER 7 Molecular Approaches to the Analysis of Gastrointestinal Microbial Ecosystems......Page 121
CHAPTER 8 Microbes of the Chicken Gastrointestinal Tract......Page 138
CHAPTER 9 Mechanisms of Pathogen Control in the Avian Gastrointestinal Tract......Page 152
PART IV: Nutritional effects......Page 171
CHAPTER 10 Effect of Non-starch Polysaccharidases on Avian Gastrointestinal Function......Page 173
CHAPTER 11 Effects of Amino Acid and Protein Supply on Nutrition and Health......Page 185
CHAPTER 12 The Role of Feed Processing on Gastrointestinal Function and Health in Poultry......Page 197
CHAPTER 13 Wet Litter: its Causes and Prevention and the Role of Nutrition......Page 209
CHAPTER 14 Micronutrient Supply: Influence on Gut Health and Immunity......Page 224
PART V: Pathology......Page 239
CHAPTER 15 Virally Induced Gastrointestinal Diseases of Chickens and Turkeys......Page 241
CHAPTER 16 The Gastrointestinal Tract as a Port of Entry for Bacterial Infections in Poultry......Page 258
CHAPTER 17 Parasite Genetics, Protection and Antigen Identification......Page 273
PART VI: Immunological and pathogen control......Page 287
CHAPTER 18 Developments and Pitfalls of Feed Acidification in Controlling Gut Pathogens in Poultry, with Emphasis on Salmonella......Page 289
CHAPTER 19 Competitive Exclusion in Poultry Production......Page 308
CHAPTER 20 Campylobacters and their Bacteriophage in Poultry......Page 325
CHAPTER 21 Breeding for Disease Resistance......Page 336
PART VII: Monitoring and practical experience......Page 353
CHAPTER 22 The EU Perspective on the Monitoring of Zoonoses and Zoonotic Agents......Page 355
CHAPTER 23 Gut Problems: the Field Experience and What it Means to the Poultry Farmer......Page 364
Poster abstracts......Page 375
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