Impact of bioactive substances on the gastrointestinal tract and performance of weaned piglets: a review*

The EU ban on in-feed antibiotics has stimulated research on weaning diets as a way of reducing post-weaning gut disorders and growth check in pigs. Many bioactive components have been investigated but only few have shown to be effective. Amongst these, organic acids (OA) have been shown to exert a...

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Main Authors: J.P. Lallès, P. Bosi, P. Janczyk, S.J. Koopmans, D. Torrallardona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
pig
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173110900398X