An Overview of the Gut Health in Chickens

Maintaining gut health is essential to reduce disease incidence and improve production performance. This chapter focuses on how to enhance production by maintaining intestinal health in chickens. Several components, such as goblet cells, mucin, tight junctions, enterocytes, and Paneth cells, play a significant role in maintaining gut health. They work together to maximize the utilization and acquisition of dietary nutrients, ultimately leading to improved performance. Moreover, this chapter provides insights into the various aspects which is a crucial factor affecting their performance in the field. Moreover, the potential markers to assess gut health will be discussed.