The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast - Dr. Oluyinka Olukosi: Starch and Gut Health | Ep. 141

In this part 1 episode of the Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Oluyinka Olukosi, Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, explains how resistant starch functions as a nutritional strategy to support poultry gut health. He outlines starch digestion, fermentation benefits, feed processing effects, and practical inclusion levels. Listen now on all major platforms!

Click here to read the full research article:

• The interactivity of sources and dietary levels of resistant starches – impact on growth performance, starch, and nutrient digestibility, digesta oligosaccharides profile, cecal microbial metabolites, and indicators of gut health in broiler chickens
• Dietary inclusion of raw potato or high-amylose-corn resistant starches fed for different durations: impact on phenotypic responses and indicators of gut health of broiler chickens

What you’ll learn: 

• Resistant starch basics
• Starch fermentation benefits
• Resistant starch types
• Feed processing effects
• Practical inclusion levels

Meet the guest:

Dr. Oluyinka Olukosi is an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, specializing in poultry nutrition and nutrient utilization. He serves as Editor in Chief of British Poultry Science and Section Editor for Poultry Science and the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. His research focuses on functional feed components and gut health. 

Learn from Dr. Olukosi on the Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast. Listen now on all major platforms!
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