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Immunomodulatory effects of supplementing animal feed with mannan-oligosaccharides: a review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

L.A. Tucker  and
J.A. Pickard
L.A. Tucker*
Affiliation:
Alltech Biotechnology Centre, Sarney, Summerhill Rd, Dunboyne, Co. Meath. Ireland
J.A. Pickard
Affiliation:
Alltech Biotechnology Centre, Sarney, Summerhill Rd, Dunboyne, Co. Meath. Ireland
*
E-mail: ltucker@alltech.com.
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Mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS) have been used as animal feed supplements to maintain productive performance over the past decade (Hooge, 2003). In recent years new monogastric diseases have emerged, many which have been linked to inadequacies in the immuno-competence of young and fast growing animals and compromise growth. The ability of certain MOS to bind pathogens bearing type 1 fimbrae is well documented (Newman, 1994). When MOS binds pathogens to its surface and interacts with the gut wall, the ‘presentation’ of agglutinated bacteria to immune-specific sites can lead to more efficient and targeted response to pathogens. This paper reviews the trials measuring immune parameters conducted using MOS (Bio-Mos™, Alltech Inc, USA) in poultry and pig diets.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2004 , 2004 , pp. 154
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2004

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