Effect of Dietary Amylose/Amylopectin Ratio on Intestinal Health and Cecal Microbes’ Profiles of Weaned Pigs Undergoing Feed Transition or Challenged With Escherichia coli Lipopolysaccharide
BackgroundDietary amylose/amylopectin ratio (DAR) plays an important role in piglets’ intestinal health. It is controversial whether diarrhea could be relieved by changing DAR in weaning piglets.MethodsSixty (Landrace × Yorkshire) castrated male pigs (initial body weight (BW) 6.51 ± 0.64 kg) were ra...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.693839/full |