The gut contains specific receptors for bio-functional components of plant extracts. Photo: Shutterstock
Recent scientific and technological advances have provided new insights into how the digestive system works and its impact on animal metabolism. These developments open up the use of bio-functional components to meet today’s challenges in livestock production. Until recently, the digestive system of animals was thought of as a sequence of 3 processes which extract and absorb nutrients from food: Mechanical, such as crushing food during chewing or in bird gizzards and mixing in the stomach;
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