Removing antibiotic agents against bacteria and protozoa from broiler feeds has increased the incidences of gut health problems. Necrotic enteritis, a multi-factorial problem based on the production of toxins by uncontrolled gut populations of Clostridia, has become a perennial headache on most broiler farms. The same can be said for coccidia infections that remain without a preventive agent where ionophores have been banned along with other antibiotics. Read more

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