COLONIZATION CONTROL OF HUMAN BACTERIAL ENTEROPATHOGENS IN POULTRY

By A. GISIO

CONTENTS PART I INTRODUCTION CHAPTER HISTORY AND CURRENT USE OF FEED ADDITIVES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: LEGISLATIVE AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS CHAPTER POULTRY NUTRITION WITHOUT PRONUTRIENT ANTIBIOTICS PART II GASTROINTESTINAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL INTESTINAL FUNCTION ABSORPTIVE FUNCTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE: ADAPTATIONS MEETING DEMAND EPITHELIAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN THE HEN LOWER INTESTINE IMMUNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AVIAN GUT PART III GASTROINTESTINAL ?ORA MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO THE ANALYSIS OF GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS MICROBES OF THE CHICKEN GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT MECHANISMS OF PATHOGEN CONTROL IN THE AVIAN GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT PART IV NUTRITIONAL EFFECTS EFFECT OF NON-STARCH POLYSACCHARIDASES ON AVIAN GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION EFFECTS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN SUPPLY ON NUTRITION AND HEALTH THE ROLE OF FEED PROCESSING ON GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION AND HEALTH IN POULTRY WET LITTER: ITS CAUSES AND PREVENTION AND THE ROLE OF NUTRITION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLY: IN?UENCE ON GUT HEALTH AND IMMUNITY PART V PATHOLOGY VIRALLY INDUCED GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES OF CHICKENS AND TURKEYS THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AS A PORT OF ENTRY FOR BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN POULTRY PARASITE GENETICS, PROTECTION AND ANTIGEN IDENTI?CATION PART VI IMMUNOLOGICAL AND PATHOGEN CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS AND PITFALLS OF FEED ACIDI?CATION IN CONTROLLING GUT PATHOGENS IN POULTRY, WITH EMPHASIS ON SALMONELLA COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION IN POULTRY PRODUCTION CAMPYLOBACTERS AND THEIR BACTERIOPHAGE IN POULTRY BREEDING FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE PART VII MONITORING AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE THE EU PERSPECTIVE ON THE MONITORING OF ZOONOSES AND ZOONOTIC AGENTS GUT PROBLEMS: THE FIELD EXPERIENCE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE POULTRY FARMER