The Poultry Podcast Show
Dr. Natalie Morgan: Fiber in Poultry Diets | Ep. 124
Jan 14, 2025
Dr. Natalie Morgan, a Senior Lecturer in Animal Science at Curtin University, specializes in poultry nutrition with a focus on fiber. She delves into the complexity of fiber types, particularly non-starch polysaccharides, and their significant impact on gut health in poultry. Discover how her research challenges traditional views on fiber's role in diets, aiming to enhance fiber digestion for better health outcomes. She also discusses the importance of measuring fiber accurately and shares insights on improving poultry feed for optimal productivity.
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- Accurate measurement of Non-Starch Polysaccharides is crucial for optimizing poultry diets and enhancing gut health in chickens.
- Emerging research emphasizes the important, distinct roles of soluble and insoluble fibers in improving poultry digestion and feed conversion.
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Understanding Fiber Measurement
Fiber measurement methods, particularly in poultry diets, are critically flawed due to reliance on crude fiber values, which only represent a fraction of the actual fiber content. These values fail to account for essential components such as beta-glucans and pectic polysaccharides, resulting in an incomplete understanding of fiber's true role in nutrition. The speaker emphasizes the need to shift towards more comprehensive measurements, such as Non-Starch Polysaccharides (NSP) and lignin, despite the complexities involved in quantifying them. Accurate fiber analysis is essential for optimizing poultry diets and enhancing overall gut health.
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