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A possible approach to controlling Campylobacter colonisation in poultry is the use of dietary interventions to modify the intestinal bacterial flora of the chicken gut. The systematic literature review will identify potential diets and dietary components and their corresponding effect on the bacterial flora of the chicken gut.
Study Duration : November 2004 to April 2005
Contractor : Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol
A possible approach to controlling colonisation is the use of dietary interventions to modify the intestinal microflora of the chicken gut. The project aims to identify potential diets and dietary components and their effects on the chicken intestinal microflora.
Preventing Campylobacter from infecting poultry is extremely challenging. However, a substantial reduction in positive birds at slaughter would reduce the incidence of human Campylobacter infection. Dietary manipulation could potentially control Campylobacter in the chicken gastrointestinal tract.
A systematic literature review of international sources including databases and trade publications on the effects of diets and diet based interventions used in commercial chicken production. The review will seek to:
The review concluded that interventions based on dietary feed additives and components have the potential to help control Campylobacter in poultry production and are worth further investigation. Such interventions could potentially be developed into procedures to manipulate the gut microflora of poultry and thereby control Campylobacter colonisation.
The literature review identified gaps in the scientific knowledge e.g. a large spectrum of compounds have shown anti-Campylobacter activity in-vitro but only a small number have been investigated for anti-Campylobacter activity in-vivo. Therefore, there is a need to focus on in-vivo studies, in particular to investigate:
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A possible approach to controlling Campylobacter colonisation in poultry is the use of dietary interventions to modify the intestinal bacterial flora of the chicken gut. The project undertook a systematic literature review to identify potential diets and dietary components and their corresponding effect on the bacterial flora of the chicken gut.
Preventing Campylobacter from infecting poultry is extremely challenging. However, a substantial reduction in positive birds at slaughter would reduce the incidence of human Campylobacter infection. Dietary manipulation could potentially be used to control Campylobacter in the chicken gastrointestinal tract.
The project undertook a systematic literature review of international sources including databases and trade publications on the effects of diets and diet based interventions used in commercial chicken production.
The review concluded that interventions based on dietary feed additives and components have the potential to help control Campylobacter in poultry production and are worth further investigation. Such interventions could be developed into procedures to manipulate the gut microflora of poultry and thereby control Campylobacter colonisation.
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