How feed formulation and gut health are linked in poultry production systems

Linking feed formulation to gut health means formulating with consequences in mind.

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Ioannis Mavromichalis
June 29, 2026
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Most modern animal diets look correct on paper. In most of those I have reviewed in the past 25 years, amino acids are balanced, energy is calculated, matrices are applied. Yet, performance still breaks down in the field more often than we would like to admit.

That gap is not formulation. It is the gut.

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