Dietary Leucine Supplementation Improves the Mucin Production in the Jejunal Mucosa of the Weaned Pigs Challenged by Porcine Rotavirus.

The present study was mainly conducted to determine whether dietary leucine supplementation could attenuate the decrease of the mucin production in the jejunal mucosa of weaned pigs infected by porcine rotavirus (PRV). A total of 24 crossbred barrows weaned at 21 d of age were assigned randomly to 1...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Xiangbing Mao, Minghui Liu, Jun Tang, Hao Chen, Daiwen Chen, Bing Yu, Jun He, Jie Yu, Ping Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4559446?pdf=render