Topical Collection "Current Advances in Poultry Research"
Editors
Interests: broiler; development; growth; layer; meat palatability; meat quality; welfare/well-being
Interests: poultry; meat quality; myopathy; food safety; eggs
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Topical Collection Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past 60 years, global per capita meat and egg consumption increased drastically due to a variety factors; an increase in disposable income was a major catalyst. During this time, poultry consumption was one of the major contributors to the expansion in per capita meat consumption. In order to meet the demand associated with the increase in consumption, the poultry industry made advancements in all aspects in production including development, growth, nutrition, management, and welfare. While most of the advancements have been positive, challenges such as incidence of myopathies and leg conformity are issues the industry is facing today. The demand for poultry products does not seem to be slowing; therefore, scientists and the industry must continue to explore production practices that will optimize poultry egg and meat production.
We invite original research papers that address improved management and production methods involved in the production of eggs and poultry meat. Areas of interest include embryo growth and development, nutrition, housing conditions, reproduction, myopathy origins and prevention, meat quality/further processing, and welfare/well-being.
Prof. Dr. John Michael Gonzalez
Dr. Casey M. Owens
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- broiler
- development
- egg
- growth
- layer
- meat palatability
- meat quality
- reproduction
- welfare/well-being
2021
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Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
1. Effects of dietary fibre on nutrients utilisation and gut health of poultry: challenges and opportunities
K. Singh1 and W. K. Kim1*
1Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
*Correspondence: W. K. Kim [email protected]
Abstract
Inclusion of non-conventional feedstuffs and agricultural co-products have been increased in recent times to keep the poultry feed price low and to exploit the value of nutrients in these feed ingredients that otherwise would go un-utilised and be considered as wastes. The use of exogenous feed enzymes along with the advancement in feed milling, feed formulation, and processing of these ingredients to improve their digestibility and utilisation have played an emphatic role in boosting their use globally. Despite such developments in the use of these alternative feedstuffs, the presence of a high level of dietary fibres (DF) that act as an anti-nutritive factor still poses challenges in poultry feeding. Moreover, all plant-based fibres are not the same and exert variable physiological effects on the host including but not limited to digestibility, growth performance, and microbial fermentation. Several types of fibres, especially oligosaccharides when supplemented in poultry diets in isolated forms have exhibited prebiotic effects by enhancing beneficial gut microbiota, modulating gut immunity, boosting intestinal mucosal health and increasing the production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) in the gut. Besides formulating for balanced levels of nutrients in feed, poultry producers are facing challenges to limit the use of antibiotics as growth promoters (AGP) in poultry feed. Various isolated forms of fibre or the use of feed enzymes to break DF into fermentable substrates are being used extensively to provide potential prebiotics to support beneficial gut microbiota or probiotics to improve the gut health of poultry raised without AGP. This review presents a holistic approach to put forward the existing challenges in incorporating high fibre ingredients in poultry feed along with the approaches that should be considered as strategies to utilise the potential of such ingredients in improving feed efficiency and gut health of poultry.
Keywords: antinutrient; fermentation; fibre; gut health; microbiota; poultry; prebiotic Fibre utilisation in poultry






















