Immunity and Gastrointestinal Function of Weaning Pigs
Published: October 21, 2016
Summary
Weaning is a critical period in a pig’s life; the pig must cope with separation from the sow, the transition from highly digestible milk to a less digestible and more complex solid feed, a new environment, movement and separation from littermates, and exposure to unfamiliar pigs. During the first week pigs have a reduced growth rate, which is related in part to low and variable water and fe...
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26 de octubre de 2016
GPR109A inhibits the receptor of colonocytes level allows to overcome the weaning of piglets without the use of antibiotics and zinc oxide
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Francis Simard
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