Sodium butyrate improves growth performance of weaned piglets during the first period after weaning

The purpose of the present work was to evaluate whether the addition of sodium butyrate to feed could facilitate wean- ing and growth response in piglets. For 56 days two groups of 20 piglets (9.2±1.4 kg LW) were fed an acidified basal diet (containing formic and lactic acid at 0.5 and 1....

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Main Authors: Aldo Prandini, Giacomo Biagi, Pier Paolo Gatta, Gabriele Casadei, Mauro Morlacchini, Andrea Piva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/94