Key factors for chicken gut health

The basic function of the digestive tract is to digest and absorb food and provide the body with the material and energy needed. In addition to nutrients, vitamins, water and inorganic salts can be directly absorbed and utilized, proteins, fats and carbohydrates must be decomposed in the digestive tract before they can be absorbed by the body. Damage to the digestive tract will directly affect the absorption and utilization of nutrients. Eventually lead to a decline in the physique of the chicken and various diseases.

The key factors affecting chicken intestinal health:
1. Molds and mycotoxins. Mold is everywhere, one is because its growth and reproduction do not require high nutrition, and the other is that it does not require high growth environment. It can grow at a temperature of 9°C-55°C and a humidity of 11%-96%, and it can survive temperatures up to 70°C. It breeds and multiplies in a suitable environment, contaminates various raw materials and finished products, and produces mycotoxins. It will destroy the mucosal structure of the chicken's digestive tract, cause the chickens to have inertial diarrhea, reduce immunity, and even lead to death.

 2. Various stresses. Stress can cause metabolic disorders of the body and decrease in resistance, which will eventually lead to the imbalance of the intestinal flora of the chickens and the damage of the intestinal mucosa.

 3. Deteriorated feed. Improper selection of feed ingredients and improper storage will not only cause mildew and lead to contamination by pathogenic microorganisms, but also cause the nutrients in them to deteriorate. After the chickens eat, the products will directly affect the health of the digestive tract of the chickens.

4. Harmful microorganisms. If the harmful microorganisms in the breeding environment and water exceed the standard, it will cause imbalance of the digestive tract flora and frequent occurrence of various enteritis.

5. Parasitic diseases. Intestinal parasites such as nematodes and coccidia cause damage to the digestive tract tissues and affect the normal operation of their functions.

6. Other factors. Such as unreasonable use of drugs, caused by other diseases, etc.

Laying hen digestive tract health care:
1. Choose feed materials and finished materials that do not contain mycotoxins. Aiming at chicken diarrhea caused by mycotoxins, it is often accompanied by the symptoms of sick chickens pulling feed. It is recommended to use a mycotoxin adsorbent to adsorb mycotoxins. In addition, feed raw materials and finished materials should be rain-proof and moisture-proof, and they should be aired regularly to prevent mildew during storage.
2. Reduce or reduce all kinds of stress, especially avoid the superimposition of stress. For example, reasonable arrangements for immunization, refueling according to standard procedures, etc., in the presence of various stresses such as sudden changes in weather and group transfers, try not to arrange other operations that can cause stress reactions in the flock.
3. Reasonable feed storage. The feed storage in the feedlots of the feedlot is generally 3-5 days. In summer, it is recommended not to exceed 3 days.
4. Do a good job of disinfection in the house.
5. Prevent the occurrence of intestinal parasitic diseases. Regularly kill mosquitoes and other harmful organisms to eliminate the intermediate hosts and transmission vectors of parasites, reduce the incidence of parasitic diseases and reduce the speed of their transmission.
6. Regularly add probiotics or microecological preparations. Reasonable use of drugs, especially after oral administration, should promptly supplement the number of beneficial intestinal bacteria to adjust the balance of intestinal flora.

The digestive tract is the place for digesting feed and absorbing nutrients. It is also an important immune organ for chickens. Its structural integrity and normal function are the guarantee for normal production performance. This is why people often say that "raising chickens is to raise a healthy digestive tract", so doing a good job of health care of the digestive tract during the entire breeding process is the key to ensuring the growth and production of chickens.