Nutrition-Based Health: Nutricines and Nutrients, Health Maintenance and Disease Avoidance (The Nutricine Concept)

As a result of an increasing reluctance to use medication to maintain animal health, this in-depth examination evaluates nutrition-based health as a strategy to avoid disease and maintain their health. Copyright ......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 1: Feed Components: Nutrients and Nutricines in Nutrition-based Health ......Page 10 2: The Genome, Gene Expression and Feed ......Page 30 3: Feed-Pathogen Interactions ......Page 50 4: Feed-Mycotoxin Interactions ......Page 78 5: Feed-Host Interactions (1): Gastrointestinal Integrity ......Page 96 6: Feed-Host Interactions (2): Support the Immune System ......Page 108 7: Feed-Host Interactions (3) : Oxidative Stress and Disease ......Page 126 8: Feed Intake and Health Assessment ......Page 148 9: General Conclusions ......Page 168 Index ......Page 172 Annotation Animal health has major implications nowadays for the food supply, public health and international trade. However, there is increasing reluctance to rely upon therapeutic solutions to animal health using drugs and medicines. Consequently Nutrition-based Health is the only available strategy to avoid disease and maintain health in animals