// Free Online Course

From Gut Health to Gut Priming

How Early Intestinal Development Shapes Broiler Performance

Discover why the first 14 days of a broiler's life can determine lifelong performance, and how gut priming is changing the way producers approach intestinal health.

Dr. Alastair Thomas
Dr. Alastair Thomas
Global Head of Poultry Nutrition & Health, Anitox
01 lesson · on-demand
Days 0–14 · Field Monitoring
REC 00:14:32
// broiler house, day 10
GUT-PRIMING
STUDY
14
Critical days
02
Course modules
100%
Online
$0
Cost to enroll
// Curriculum

What's covered in this lesson

2 modules · ~35 min
01
Why the first 14 days matter
Their lasting impact on broiler performance for the entire production cycle.
02
What gut priming is
Why early biological programming matters so much for lifetime performance.
03
Transcriptomics & microbiome science
The research reshaping how we understand gut function in poultry nutrition.
04
Practical takeaways
Recommendations you can apply to your flock right away.
Dr. Alastair Thomas
// Instructor

Dr. Alastair Thomas

Global Head of Poultry Nutrition & Health, Anitox

PhD in Microbiology from the University of Bath, with more than 20 years of international experience in poultry nutrition, microbiology, and animal health — translating research into practical, on-farm results.

gut-priming microbiome transcriptomics

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