Overview

Poultry are the most widely used animal protein source in the world: billions of meat birds are produced globally each year, using 360 million tonnes of feed. Within Europe, over 30,000 companies involved in the production of poultry create an annual turnover of €107 billion. However, maintaining the sustainability of the industry as it moves towards antibiotic-free production is one of the key challenges. Starting with an overview of antibiotics as growth promoters and the challenges faced as the industry moves away from their use, this book then thoroughly considers the potential of pre and probiotic additives in poultry gut health. The book: - Includes thorough definitions of additives in the pre and probiotic space and examples of how they work; - Addresses how to test pre and probiotics and other similar additives, and how they interact with other products, with learning from both poultry and allied sectors; - Combines authors from both academic and industry backgrounds on all chapters, to ensure coverage is balanced, robust and commercially relevant. Based on the renowned World Poultry Science Association UK Branch Poultry Science Symposium 2022, this book provides a thorough and valuable contribution to the field for all involved with the nutrition and production of poultry.

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Author:   Helen Masey O'Neill (AB Agri Ltd, UK) ,  Emily Burton (Nottingham Trent University, UK) ,  Dawn Scholey (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Volume:   33
Weight:   0.762kg
ISBN:  

9781800622722

ISBN 10:   1800622724
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 August 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What is antimicrobial resistance and why is it a problem? - Samantha McLean Chapter 2: Moving beyond antibiotic usage to support the health and productivity of commercially reared poultry - Roberto La Ragione and Emily Burton Chapter 3: A practical approach to managing poultry production without antibiotics - Reg Smith and Daniel Parker Chapter 4: Gut health in commercial feed formulation - Ralph Bishop and Dawn Scholey Chapter 5: Role of pre, pro and synbiotics in reducing zoonotic pathogen abundance, lowering antimicrobial resistance, and improving food safety: Old concepts with a new perspective - Farina Khattak and Salvatore Galgano Chapter 6: Is competitive exclusion a useful new technology? - Ivan Rychlik Chapter 7: Go with your gut – a scientific approach to excellence in business? - Anne Richmond, Nicolae Corcionivoschi and Ozan Gundogdu Chapter 8: Reviewing the literature on feed additives: considerations in data collection and data analysis - Tom Dale and Mike R Bedford Chapter 9: Mechanisms of prebiotic xylo-oligosaccharides on improving poultry performance - Natalie Morgan Chapter 10: Paradigm shifts in EU animal nutrition legislation – local and global implications - Elinor McCartney, Eliana Henríquez Rodriguez and Dawn Scholey Chapter 11: Potential application of bacteriophage therapy to improve poultry health - Anisha M. Thanki, Steve P.T. Hooton and Martha R.J. Clokie Chapter 12: Phytotherapeutics: practical use and field experience - Allan Ball Chapter 13: Biomarkers for intestinal health - Richard Ducatelle, Evy Goossens, Venessa Eeckhaut & Filip Van Immerseel Appendix: Poster abstracts

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Helen Masey O'Neill (Edited By) Helen, known as Nell, graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BSc in Nutritional Biochemistry before going on to do her PhD, researching the influence of storage and temperature treatment on nutritional value of wheat for broilers. She progressed to postdoctoral research along with undergraduate teaching in equine science and animal nutrition at Hartpury College and later the University of Nottingham. This included supervising undergraduate and postgraduate projects which lead to her gaining accreditation with the Higher Education Academy in 2010. Teaching commitments continued into 2010-11. Nell's postdoctoral research at Nottingham included involvement in two DEFRA Link funded projects in feedstuff evaluation for pigs and poultry. Nell joined AB Vista in June 2010 as Research Manager where she is involved in managing research and development and regulatory trials for various AB Vista products. Emily Burton (Edited By) Emily gained a BSc in Animal Physiology and Nutrition from the University of Leeds and a PhD in the nutritional value of soya beans for broiler chicks from the University of Nottingham. After seven years as a post-doctoral researcher focusing on feed quality and exogenous enzyme effects on broiler performance, Emily briefly investigated use of fibrolytic enzymes to improve forage digestion in dairy cows, followed by two years as companion bird nutritionist for Mars at their Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition. Her research now focuses on interactions between feed materials and gastrointestinal physiology in poultry. Emily is a senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, where she leads the Poultry Research Unit. Emily is a Council member of the World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA) UK Branch and chairs the Programme Committee of their annual meeting which is jointly held with the BSAS annual meeting. Emily is also past Chair of the BSAS Academia Association and has worked to build up the strength of the AA and to establish a strong relationship with the BSAS Industry Association. Alongside her research, Emily's passion is for helping students to develop into scientists capable of making a tangible contribution to the advancement of animal science. To this end, she invests time liaising between industry and academia and also promoting positive connections between the general public and the animal science sector. Dawn Scholey (Edited By) After completing a first degree in Applied Biology, Dawn worked as a researcher in ruminant reproduction for nine years, before joining a large multinational pet food company, specifically looking at palatability and behaviour in domestic cats. This was followed by a period in R&D managing factory trials. 2006 brought a move to Nottingham Vet School as a foundation member of staff involved in both research and teaching. Dawn also managed the radiation and histology labs there, before joining Nottingham Trent University as a PhD student in 2009. Dawn gained her PhD at Nottingham Trent University in 2012, after undertaking an EPSRC funded industrial CASE studentship in association with AB Agri entitled The optimisation of distillery co-products for use in poultry feed. Her research into environmentally sustainable forms of poultry nutrition is ongoing and she is regularly asked to speak on this topic. Dawn is in charge of poultry research at NTU alongside unit leader Emily Burton. As such Dawn collaborates with both internal and external customers to run poultry studies, mainly in the area of broiler nutrition. Dawn is also a member of both the WPSA UK Branch Council and Programme Committee for the annual spring meeting.

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