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Probiotics are feed additives that have gained popularity in poultry. They are one of the more universal feed additives and can be easily combined with other additives. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of including recommended doses of probiotics and growth-promoting antibiotics in concentrated foods on productivity and gut health in broilers. Six hundred one-day-old unsexed broiler chicks (Ross 308 strain) were used in this study. They were divided into three groups (40 chicks per group). Group T0 received balanced feed with growth stimulating antibiotic (Zinc Bacitracin), while group T1 received balanced diet (no growth stimulating antibiotic) + probiotic (Bacillus subtilis sp.; 1.6 × 109 CFU g-1) at an inclusion rate of 500 g ton-1. Group T2 was fed the basal balanced diet with a growth-stimulating antibiotic (Zinc Bacitracin) and a probiotic (Bacillus subtilis sp.). Statistical analysis and processing the material were performed using the data analysis package "MS Excel 2010" and the program "Statistics for Windows". In this study, we assessed the effect of supplementation of probiotics and acidifiers as well as their combination on broiler live body weight, net carcass, along with dressing percentage, the weight of the internal organs, relative bowel length (small intestine length, large intestine length, caecum length, and fabric bag length) and weight of broiler cuts breast. The outcomes revealed a difference between the control and other treatment groups which was statistically significant (p < 0.05). The ratio of villus height to crypt depth and villus height in the duodenum and ileum were both raised (p < 0.05) by the addition of either probiotics or synbiotics.

Probiotics are feed additives that have gained popularity in poultry. They are one of the more universal feed additives and can be easily combined with other additives. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of including recommended doses of probiotics and growth-promoting antibiotics in concentrated foods on productivity and gut health in broilers. Six hundred one-day-old unsexed broiler chicks (Ross 308 strain) were used in this study. They were divided into three groups (40 chicks per group). Group T0 received balanced feed with growth stimulating antibiotic (Zinc Bacitracin), while group T1 received balanced diet (no growth stimulating antibiotic) + probiotic (Bacillus subtilis sp.; 1.6 × 109 CFU g-1) at an inclusion rate of 500 g ton-1. Group T2 was fed the basal balanced diet with a growth-stimulating antibiotic (Zinc Bacitracin) and a probiotic (Bacillus subtilis sp.). Statistical analysis and processing the material were performed using the data analysis package "MS Excel 2010" and the program "Statistics for Windows". In this study, we assessed the effect of supplementation of probiotics and acidifiers as well as their combination on broiler live body weight, net carcass, along with dressing percentage, the weight of the internal organs, relative bowel length (small intestine length, large intestine length, caecum length, and fabric bag length) and weight of broiler cuts breast. The outcomes revealed a difference between the control and other treatment groups which was statistically significant (p < 0.05). The ratio of villus height to crypt depth and villus height in the duodenum and ileum were both raised (p < 0.05) by the addition of either probiotics or synbiotics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• The small intestine is an essential constituent of the digestive system and plays a major role in the absorption of nutrients. • Acute mesenteric ischemia remains an emergency case. • Failure to adapt and the inadequate nutritional supply result in Short bowel syndrome. • A minimal indispensable length is required for nutritional autonomy. • Parenteral Nutrition still presents a pertinent problem of complications, charges and impairment in quality of life. The small bowel is an essential organ for maintaining adequate nutrition. Decrease in length could be associated with malnutrition and may require that the patient receives parenteral nutritional support. We report a case of a 59-year-old man who survived32 years with a short bowel of 35 cm length without any parenteral nutrition. A 59-year-old gentleman, with a history of hypercoagulable state, presented for severe abdominal pain and obstipation of one day's duration. Upon presentation, the patient was hemodynamically unstable, with abdominal guarding and tenderness upon physical examination. Laboratory studies showed metabolic acidosis with leukocytosis and electrolyte disturbances, and an abdominal CT scan showed thickening of the sigmoid and multiple air-fluid levels. The patient was operated urgently for suspicion of mesenteric ischemia, however, he was found intraoperatively to have a very short dilated small bowel with jejunotransverse anastomosis. The necessity for surgical resection of the small bowel can arise for a sum of reasons. However, the removal of a big amount of small bowel may not be adaptive and appropriate digestion will no more be possible. In the aftermath of the resection, patients require parenteral nutrition for a certain period after which they may switch to enteral and oral nutrition, and subsequently intestinal adaptation by thickening and growth of the remaining intestinal villi. Patients with a short bowel, particularly those surgically removed, can survive even with a very short remaining bowel length, as a result of intestinal adaptation, nutrition enhancement, and elimination of parenteral nutrition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The capacity for absorption of nutrients after small intestinal resection is related to the remaining length of intestine, and short bowel syndrome has major implications. Accurate pre-operative determination of bowel length may be useful in conditions where further resection of small bowel is contemplated. The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of small bowel length measured by barium follow-through (BaFT) examination. Twenty-two patients underwent both intra-operative measurement of small bowel length, and BaFT examination where length was measured using an opisometer. The difference between operative and radiological measurement (mean ± standard deviation: 15·7 ± 16 9%) was least in those with the shorter small intestine (overall variation: r = 0·703, P < 0·01, regression coefficient: −0·118, intercept: 15·1). There was no difference in whether BaFT was performed pre or postoperatively. Assessment of small bowel length by BaFT radiography is accurate, particularly in those with shorter small bowel lengths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]