Abstract: This application relates to a composition and method for treating or preventing inflammation. One embodiment of the composition comprises a dried powdered grape pomace. Further one embodiment of the methods of treating inflammation involves administering a muscadine grape product to an animal, and wherein the muscadine grape product is included in the diet or feed of the animal as an additive or supplement.

Abstract: Provided herein are molecular methods for assessing the state of gastrointestinal microflora of an animal, especially a species of poultry, and methods for identifying probiotic bacteria by comparing certain bacteria present in animals fed a diet not containing antibiotics but absent or present in significantly lower numbers in animals fed a diet containing antibiotics.