Parameters and Methods for Determining Gut Health (GUT-FUNCTION)
Abstract
The composition and physiology of the gut microbes of food-producing animals, collectively called the microbiota, is of important scientific and economic interest, because of its role in influencing the health and well-being of the animals. A well-balanced gut flora is seen as essential for efficient and economic livestock farming and also important for the consumer in terms of food safety and quality. The use of functional feed additives in animal husbandry represents a natural alternative to the prophylactic application of antibiotics, which have already been legally banned in the European Union. The purpose of natural feed additives is most often to obtain a 'functional gut flora' which is capable to resist against enteric pathogens, as well as to promote animal performance and health. The era of novel molecular techniques opens new possibilities to elucidate and eventually modulate the gastrointestinal tract bacterial communities and their activities in order to evaluate and improve its host health. The primary aim of the project is to study influences of functional feed additives on the composition and development of the gut microbiota of farm animals by using a combination of qualitative and quantitative PCR methods.
keywords Gutflora Health Molecular biology
Publikationen
Zwischenbericht und Zwischenabrechnung "Parameter und Methoden zur Bestimmung einer gesunden Darmflora"
Autoren: Klose, V Jahr: 2010
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Project staff
Georg Gübitz
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Georg Gübitz
guebitz@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97001, 97402
Project Leader
01.01.2009 - 31.08.2012