SELECTION AND/OR ENHANCEMENT OF RESIDENT MICROORGANISMS IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

摘要

Improved method of enhancing a population of one or more target microorganis ms in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal, the improvement comprising providing to the animal a selected modified or unmodified resistant starch or mixtures thereof, such that the one or more microorganisms will selectively utilise the starch and/or increase in number and/or activity in the gastrointestinal tract, either uniformly throughout the gastrointestinal tract or at specific site or regions.