Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
Sukanshi Yadav, Anil, Naliyapara HB, Amit Kumar Singh, Prasanth M Nair, Rakesh Chouraddi, Ajay Durge and Jigyasha Tiwari

Abstract:
Demand for chicken meat is rapidly increasing and human is becoming more adaptive towards chicken as potent animal protein source. Recent decade in the field of poultry science has observed a tremendous increase in interest for improving gut health of chicken for producing healthy food for humans and it improves health and performance of chicken. Gut health of chicken depend upon factors including environment, nutrition and genetic makeup of chicken. Chickens’ gut health plays a major role in digestion, nutrient utilization and maintenance of proper immunity status of chicken. Hence, the maintenance of proper gut health in chicken may play a vital role in improving and maintenance of health and production of healthy chicken. Nutritional approaches such as supplementation of probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, exogenous enzymes, organic acids and phytobiotics have shown encouraging results in improving gut health of chicken. This review paper has been formulated to provide a better understanding of the factors associated with gut health and nutritional management to improve gut health of chicken.