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Sustainable Nutritional Strategies for Gut Health in Weaned Pigs: The Role of Reduced Dietary Crude Protein, Organic Acids and Butyrate Production

Connolly KR, Sweeney T, O'Doherty JV 2024 Animals : an open access journal from MDPI

Abstract

Weaning in piglets presents significant physiological and immunological challenges, including gut dysbiosis and increased susceptibility to post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD). Abrupt dietary, environmental, and social changes during this period disrupt the intestinal barrier and microbiota, often necessitating antimicrobial…

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Species involved

Piglet

Keywords

SwineButyrateOrganic acidsGrainCrude proteinMicrobiota

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