Pancosma research has discovered and proved beyond doubt that the gut is a sensory organ with essential functions for the animal. By combining traditional nutrition with immunology, microbiology and neurology, we have demonstrated how the gut is able to perceive its environment and adapt to it, and how this knowledge can be used to enhance nutritional supplementation sympathetically for improved animal performance.

Some molecules present in the lumen (e.g. nutrients, bacteria and specific molecules such as additives, etc…) are recognized by gut receptors. This stimulates messages that are transported and amplified by a number of mechanisms (e.g. gut neurons, peptides, etc…), inducing responses in other parts of the gut without any interaction with the central nervous system.

This communication from one part of the gut to another constitutes a feedback loop with a direct impact on the gut’s key functions. The absence of any intervention from the central nervous system can be interpreted as the gut acting like a second brain. This concept developed by Pancosma inspires products and services that are providing essential animal nutrition solutions.