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Nutrition-based health in animal production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Clifford A Adams
Clifford A Adams*
Affiliation:
Kemin AgriFoods Europe, lndustriezone Wolfstee, Toekomstlaan 42, 2200 Herentals, Belgium
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Corresponding author: Dr Clifford A. Adams, fax +32 14 22 41 76, email Cliff.Adams@Kemin.com
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Events such as BSE, foot and mouth disease and avian influenza illustrate the importance of animal health on a global basis. The only practical solution to deal with such problems has usually been mass culling of millions of animals at great effort and expense. Serious consideration needs to be given to nutrition as a practical solution for health maintenance and disease avoidance of animals raised for food. Health or disease derives from a triad of interacting factors; diet–disease agent, diet–host and disease agent–host. Various nutrients and other bioactive feed ingredients, nutricines, directly influence health by inhibiting growth of pathogens or by modulating pathogen virulence. It is possible to transform plant-based feed ingredients to produce vaccines against important diseases and these could be fed directly to animals. Nutrients and nutricines contribute to three major factors important in the diet–host interaction; maintenance of gastrointestinal integrity, support of the immune system and the modulation of oxidative stress. Nutrition-based health is the next challenge in modern animal production and will be important to maintain economic viability and also to satisfy consumer demands in terms of food quality, safety and price. This must be accomplished largely through nutritional strategies making optimum use of both nutrients and nutricines.

Keywords

NutritionHealthDiseaseAnimals
Type
Research Article
Information
Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , June 2006 , pp. 79 - 89
Copyright
Copyright © The Authors 2006

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