Ileum terminal antibiotic infusion affects jejunal and colonic specific microbial population and immune status in growing pigs

Abstract Background Compared with oral antibiotics (primarily disrupt foregut microbiota), the present study used antibiotics with ileum terminal infusion to disrupt the hindgut microbiota, and investigated the changes in specific bacterial composition and immune indexes in the jejunum and colon, an...

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Main Authors: Chuanjian Zhang, Yu Peng, Chunlong Mu, Weiyun Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40104-018-0265-x