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A water-soluble β-glucan improves growth performance by altering gut microbiome and health in weaned pigs
- Source :
- Animal Nutrition, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 1345-1351 (2021), Animal Nutrition
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- KeAi Communications Co., Ltd., 2021.
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Abstract
- Beta-glucan has been shown to have a beneficial effect on gastrointestinal health. This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of β-glucan isolated from Agrobacterium sp. ZX09 on growth performance and intestinal health of weaning pigs. A total of 108 weaned pigs (21 d of age; 6.05 ± 0.36 kg) were randomly divided into 3 groups (6 pens/group; 6 pigs/pen), and the groups were each treated with the following diets: 1) basal diet, 2) basal diet supplemented with 20 mg/kg olaquindox, 3) basal diet supplemented with 200 mg/kg β-glucan, for 21 d. Compared with the control group, pigs fed with 200 mg/kg β-glucan had greaterBW, average daily gain and duodenal villus height to crypt depth ratio (P
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
Crypt
Ileum
Beta-glucan
Small intestine
Weaned pig
Biology
SF1-1100
Animal culture
Jejunum
Basal (phylogenetics)
chemistry.chemical_compound
medicine.anatomical_structure
Animal science
Food Animals
chemistry
medicine
Weaning
Animal Science and Zoology
Original Research Article
Glucan
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24056545
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Animal Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d27de18c9ce28cde42733ce1fdee1cb8