Dietary Factors that Affect Gut Health and Pathogen Colonization
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The poultry industry has undergone remarkable change and growth over the last 30 years, and it will continue to expand in the coming years to meet higher demand for low-cost, healthy and convenient products. In addition to the expanding market, commercial poultry is being genetically selected for ever increasing growth performance and efficiency. This selection for increased growth rate has resulted in changes in gastrointestinal development during growth of the animal (Tottori et al., 1997). Apparently, young poultry are more susceptible to enteric pathogens today than they were 30 years ago. These pathogens have been of concern to the poultry industry because of lost productivity, increased mortality, and contamination of poultry products for human consumption (Patterson and Burkholder, 2003).
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