Wickramasuriya Samiru S, Park Inkyung, Lee Kyungwoo, Lee Youngsub, Kim Woo H, Nam Hyoyoun, Lillehoj Hyun S
Animal Bioscience and Biotechnology Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
Department of Animal Science and Technology, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Korea.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Jan 22;10(2):172. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10020172.
"Gut health" refers to the physical state and physiological function of the gastrointestinal tract and in the livestock system; this topic is often focused on the complex interacting components of the intestinal system that influence animal growth performance and host-microbial homeostasis. Regardless, there is an increasing need to better understand the complexity of the intestinal system and the various factors that influence gut health, since the intestine is the largest immune and neuroendocrine organ that interacts with the most complex microbiome population. As we face the post-antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) era in many countries of the world, livestock need more options to deal with food security, food safety, and antibiotic resilience to maintain agricultural sustainability to feed the increasing human population. Furthermore, developing novel antibiotic alternative strategies needs a comprehensive understanding of how this complex system maintains homeostasis as we face unpredictable changes in external factors like antibiotic-resistant microbes, farming practices, climate changes, and consumers' preferences for food. In this review, we attempt to assemble and summarize all the relevant information on chicken gut health to provide deeper insights into various aspects of gut health. Due to the broad and complex nature of the concept of "gut health", we have highlighted the most pertinent factors related to the field performance of broiler chickens.
“肠道健康”指的是胃肠道在畜牧系统中的身体状态和生理功能；该主题通常聚焦于影响动物生长性能和宿主-微生物稳态的肠道系统复杂的相互作用成分。尽管如此，由于肠道是与最复杂微生物群落相互作用的最大免疫和神经内分泌器官，因此越来越需要更好地理解肠道系统的复杂性以及影响肠道健康的各种因素。随着世界上许多国家面临抗生素生长促进剂（AGP）后时代，家畜需要更多选择来应对粮食安全、食品安全和抗生素抗性，以维持农业可持续性，养活不断增长的人口。此外，在我们面对诸如抗药微生物、养殖方式、气候变化以及消费者对食物的偏好等外部因素的不可预测变化时，开发新型抗生素替代策略需要全面了解这个复杂系统如何维持稳态。在这篇综述中，我们试图收集和总结所有关于鸡肠道健康的相关信息，以便更深入地了解肠道健康的各个方面。由于“肠道健康”概念广泛且复杂，我们重点突出了与肉鸡生产性能相关的最关键因素。
