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Beyond these practical benefits, dietary protein concentration and digestibility influence nitrogen flow, microbial substrate availability, and metabolic interactions within the gastrointestinal tract, thereby shaping host\u2013microbiota function. This review synthesises current evidence on the mechanistic links between reduced crude protein nutrition, nitrogen metabolism, gut microbial ecology, and intestinal physiology in poultry. Quantitative evidence indicates that responses depend strongly on the magnitude of CP reduction and dietary formulation. For example, a 2\u2010percentage\u2010point CP reduction with balanced lysine, methionine, and threonine improved growth and intestinal morphology, whereas a 3\u2010percentage\u2010point reduction has been associated with decreased duodenal and ileal villus height; in contrast, a 1.5\u2010percentage\u2010point reduction produced no significant morphological impairment. Recent evidence further shows that a 2% lower\u2010protein diet can increase ileal microbial richness and diversity, while bacteriophage supplementation significantly improves nitrogen digestibility (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.045), and dietary protein level itself affects nitrogen digestibility (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.017). Collectively, moderate CP reduction supported by adequate digestible amino acids and highly digestible ingredients can decrease undigested nitrogen flow and proteolytic fermentation while maintaining intestinal function. However, excessive protein restriction, poor amino acid balance, or reduced ingredient digestibility may disrupt microbial metabolism and compromise intestinal integrity. These findings position reduced crude protein nutrition as a precision nutritional strategy in which the magnitude of protein reduction, amino acid adequacy, digestibility, and microbial substrate availability collectively determine productive, intestinal, and environmental outcomes.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/jpn.70116","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,20]],"date-time":"2026-10-20T18:20:03Z","timestamp":1792520403000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Reduced Crude Protein Nutrition in Poultry: Mechanistic Links Between Nitrogen Metabolism, Gut Microbial Ecology, and Intestinal Physiology"],"prefix":"10.1111","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2551-385X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad","family":"Naeem","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Poultry Science Auburn University Auburn Alabama USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_14_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.advnut.2025.100582","article-title":"Dietary Protein Source Shapes Gut Microbial Structure and Predicted Functional Potential: A Systematic Integrative Re\u2010Analysis Using Machine Learning","volume":"17","author":"Adejumo S. 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