Alterations in ileal mucosa bacteria related to diet complexity and growth performance in young pigs.

Evaluation of the prolonged impact of weaning diet on ileal mucosa bacteria and during periods of reduced and improved growth was conducted using 454 pyrosequencing.Weaned pigs were fed HIGH or LOW complexity diets, with or without antibiotics, for 6 weeks, followed by a common grower diet. Pigs wer...

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Main Authors: Crystal L Levesque, Seema Hooda, Kelly S Swanson, Kees de Lange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4172762?pdf=render