Gut health in poultry is critical in a whole range of performance issues, from eggshell quality to building resilience against disease with the aim of minimising antibiotic usage. Gut health was the common theme throughout the various presentations during the poultry sessions at Alltech’s European Technical Summit in Dublin in March.

At the conference, Dr Kayla Price, poultry technical manager at Alltech Canada, explained that gut health, alongside optimum trace mineral nutrition, are key to maintaining a healthy bird and high quality egg. 

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