Effect of providing citrus pulp-integrated diet on fecal microbiota and serum and fecal metabolome shifts in crossbred pigs

Abstract The study aimed to assess the impact of dehydrated citrus pulp (DCP) on growth performance, fecal characteristics, fecal bacterial composition (based on 16S rRNA analysis), and fecal and serum metabolomic profiles in crossbred pigs. 80 finishing pigs Duroc × (Landrace × Large White) were fe...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Dhekra Belloumi, Salvador Calvet, Marta Isabel Roca, Pablo Ferrer, Ana Jiménez-Belenguer, María Cambra-López, Paloma García-Rebollar, Eric Climent, Juan Martínez-Blanch, Marta Tortajada, Empar Chenoll, Almudena Bermejo, Alba Cerisuelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44741-z