Animal performance, feed efficiency, and overall health are heavily dependent on gut health.
Changes in animal production systems and feed regulations away from the use of antibiotic …

Lactobacillus species are found in nutrient-rich habitats associated with food, feed, plants,
animals and humans. Due to their economic importance, the metabolism, genetics and …

For the last several decades, antimicrobial compounds have been used to promote piglet
growth at weaning through the prevention of subclinical and clinical disease. There are …

Although dietary fiber (DF) negatively affects energy and nutrient digestibility, there is
growing interest for the inclusion of its fermentable fraction in pig diets due to their functional …

The gut microbial ecosystem is fundamental in proper nutritional, physiological, and
immunological functions of the pig. However, composition and function of a healthy …

The use of lactobacilli as probiotics in swine has been gaining attention due to their ability to
improve growth performance and carcass quality, prevent gastrointestinal infection and most …

There is a wide interest in developing management and feeding strategies to stimulate gut
development and health in newly-weaned pigs, in order to improve growth performance …

Resistant starch (RS) is highly fermentable by microbiota in the colon, resulting in the
production of SCFAs. RS is thought to mediate a large proportion of its health benefits …

Weaned piglets were fed diets containing 57 (low) or 2425 (high) mg kg− 1 analytical grade
ZnO for a period of 5 weeks. Intestinal contents were sampled in weekly intervals and …

Early weaning of piglets is often accompanied by a severe growth check and diarrhoea. It is
well established that this process is multi-factorial and that post-weaning anorexia and …