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Title: | Function and nutritional roles of the avian caeca: a review | Contributor(s): | Svihus, Birger (author); Choct, Mingan (author) ; Classen, Hank L (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | DOI: | 10.1017/S0043933913000287 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12879 | Abstract: | The role of the avian caeca in the maintenance of gut health, fermentation of undigested nutrients, re-cycling of nitrogen from urine, and modulation of the gut microflora is not well understood. Thus, this review details the function of the avian caeca from anatomical, physiological, microbial and nutritional points of view in the context of poultry production. Due to anatomical and physiological adaptations, only small and/or soluble particles will be refluxed into the caeca together with urine and digestive fluids. Here, salts and water will be reabsorbed, and uric acid and carbohydrates will be fermented by the abundant microflora to ammonia and volatile fatty acids. Thus, the caeca may play a role for the nutritional status of the bird, although the quantitative significance for high-yielding domesticated poultry remains to be elucidated. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | World's Poultry Science Journal, 69(2), p. 249-264 | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1743-4777 0043-9339 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 070204 Animal Nutrition | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 300303 Animal nutrition | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 830309 Poultry | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 100411 Poultry | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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