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Healthy from the gut
Build up intestinal flora
Many scientific studies indicate that pre- and probiotics
can have healthpromoting effects on the host organism.
A distinction must be made between prebiotics and probiotics.
The prebiotics are a food resource for probiotic
bacteria in the intestine. They create a healthy intestinal
environment and stabilise the intestine’s natural flora,
thus supporting the immune system.
A successful probiotic has to meet the many different needs
of modern pigeon racing. It also makes sense for it to be acid
stable to be able to easily withstand the low pH value of the
stomach so that it can exert its effect in the intestine without
being destroyed by the stomach acids. The area of application
of a probiotic leads to further requirements. Often they are
prescribed to restore the gut flora following a course of antibiotics.
Nowadays we have probiotics that contain high numbers
of probiotic bacteria that can withstand frequently used
antibiotics such as Colistin, Enrofloxacin and Amoxicillin. It is
therefore possible to restore the damaged intestinal flora even
while antibiotics are administered.
The probiotic bacteria promote the growth of lactobacilli in
the small intestine by optimising the living conditions of the
body’s own probiotic bacteria. This crowds out pathogens
such as E.Coli, salmonella and clostridia. An additional benefit
of these new probiotics is that their metabolites inhibit the
growth of fungi. It therefore makes sense that many preparations
contain a special probiotic that feeds the friendly intestinal
flora in the long term.
It is recommended that a probiotic is always administered after
stressful periods. For example, a new feed or a lack of water
over a long period can lead to dysbiosis (intestinal flora disorder)
in the intestine and so weaken the pigeons’ defences. The
new generation probiotics reliably counteract this dysbiosis
after stressful periods. To complete therapy after stressful periods
such as training stress of young pigeons, stays in the enclosure
and administration of medicine, it also contains vitamins
in specific concentrations to accelerate regeneration as best as
possible.
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