Scott Carter

Dr. Scott Carter is an animal health and nutrition expert with over 20 years of experience in the application of new nutritional health technologies for livestock. Connect with Dr. Carter via linkedin at: www.linkedin.com/in/scottdcarter.
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Broilers & Turkeys
Why cooperation is key in the poultry microbiome
The poultry microbiome is not simply a collection of individual, isolated microbes, rather they work together, but this may not always be positive.
Cooperation amongst its members can benefit both the microbiome and the host. (BeholdingEye | iStockphoto.com)
Broilers & Turkeys
Function, not form, key to understanding poultry microbiome
The functions performed by the poultry gut microbiome are more important than the specific bacteria living in the gastrointestinal tract.
Too much attention is currently given to gastrointestinal microbiome form and not its function. Reversing this would help us to understand this complex environment more clearly. i_photos | Shutterstock.com
Egg
Salmonella and the microbiome: Insights into an old enemy
Salmonella has developed unexpected strategies for evading the immune system and harnessing the microbiome to remain hidden.
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Broilers & Turkeys
Understanding the entire poultry gut microbiome
Increasing knowledge of the viral and fungal members of the poultry microbiome not only increases our understanding of their impact on chicken health and nutrition but opens the doors to new product development.
(Alexander Mikhailov | iStock.com)
Antibiotic-Free Meat
When using probiotics, timing is everything
Administering probiotics at key points in chicken's development may help to ensure consistency of results.
To ensure that the maximum benefit is derived from using probiotics, it must be applied during the correct period of a chicken’s development. (Magnito | Shutterstock)
Egg
Working toward a better understanding of poultry dysbiosis
A better understanding of the causes of dysbiosis would lead to better flock health management, but poultry health is still lagging advances made in the human sector.
The more light that can be shone on the changes that are leading to dysbiosis, the more precise any management plan can be. (nobeastsofierce | Shutterstock)
Antibiotic-Free Meat
Poultry antibiotic alternatives: Expectation vs. reality
The drive toward new additives for use in antibiotic-free poultry production may be causing confusion.
The Gartner hype cycle, a tool for thinking about the development and adoption of technologies by end users, is a way to put product development efforts into focus. (Wikipedia)
Broilers & Turkeys
Are probiotics in poultry production still effective?
Recent criticism of probiotics has been aimed at the benefits of certain strains and products marketed, not probiotics per se.
For probiotics to really offer value to poultry producers, they must contain the most appropriate, rather than most convenient, bacterial strains. AnastasiaNi | Bigstock.com
Antibiotic-Free Meat
Is inflammation control key to antibiotic-free poultry?
Better and quicker diagnosis of gut inflammation is needed if antibiotic-free poultry production is to gain maximum benefit from its control.
We often create unnecessary gut distress by feeding the wrong diet. | Denfotoblog, Bigstock.com
Broilers & Turkeys
Can big data make sense of the poultry industry?
Egg producers around the world are playing an important role in achieving the UN Sustainable Developments Goals, from slowing climate change to alleviating poverty.
Cheremuha | Bigstock.com
Antibiotic-Free Meat
Is the next frontier in poultry health the microbiome?
Better understanding the poultry microbiome should lead to new tools to address the health challenges facing poultry producers.
It is hoped that manipulation of the poultry microbiome may act as an alternative to subtherapeutic antibiotics, improve management of polymicrobial diseases, and better control pathogens in the food chain. | Shutterstock, WhiteDragon
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