Ruurd T. Zijlstra

IntroductionIn Canada, barley is rarely fed to young pigs due to its relatively high fibre content that is associated with lower energy and nutrient digestibility (Che et al., 2012). Carbohydrates that are not digested in the small intestine may be fermented in the large intestine, and so provide energy and stimulate gut health (Fouhse et al., 2017). Barley cultivars with increased fermentable car ...

IntroductionLactobacillus reuteri is a host-specific intestinal symbiont of humans and vertebrate animals (Walter, 2008; Frese et al., 2011). L. reuteri is commercially applied in cereal fermentations (Brandt, 2014) and as probiotic culture (Tuohy et al., 2003). Strain- or lineage specific metabolic traits of L. reuteri mediate host-specific colonization (Frese et al., 2014; Wilson et al., 2014), ...