Towards sustainability with synthetic microbiota in poultry

The interactions between host and gut microbiota play an important role in bird nutrition, physiology and gut development.

Microbiota engineering has demonstrated success in the treatment of disease and improving poultry industry productivity. Microbiota engineering is carried out using feed enzymes, prebiotics and probiotics to alter microbiota composition. Applying a synthetic microbiota is an interdisciplinary activity that requires cooperation between experts in microbiology, animal science, computational biology and engineering science. Poultry meat and eggs are among the most common sources of animal protei