Intestinal development and growth performance of early-weaned piglets fed a low-threonine diet
High dietary threonine extraction by the digestive tract suggests that threonine contributes to maintain gut integrity. The aims of this study were to investigate the intestine development and the growth performance of early-weaned piglets pair-fed either a control well-balanced (C: 9.3 g threonine/...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2007-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731107000560 |