Nutritional management of gut health in pigs around weaning

JP Lallès, P Bosi, H Smidt, CR Stokes - Proceedings of the Nutrition …, 2007 - cambridge.org
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 …

Interactions between host and gut microbiota in domestic pigs: a review

Y Patil, R Gooneratne, XH Ju - Gut microbes, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
It is well established that pig gut microbiota plays a critical role in maintaining metabolic
homeostasis as well as in a myriad of physiological, neurological and immunological …

Early‐life establishment of the swine gut microbiome and impact on host phenotypes

N Mach, M Berri, J Estellé, F Levenez… - Environmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Early bacterial colonization and succession within the gastrointestinal tract has been
suggested to be crucial in the establishment of specific microbiota composition and the …

Age, introduction of solid feed and weaning are more important determinants of gut bacterial succession in piglets than breed and nursing mother as revealed by a …

G Bian, S Ma, Z Zhu, Y Su, EG Zoetendal… - Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A reciprocal cross‐fostering model with an obese typical Chinese piglet breed and a lean
Western breed was used to identify genetic and maternal effects on the acquisition and …

Probiotics and postbiotics as substitutes of antibiotics in farm animals: A review

D Zamojska, A Nowak, I Nowak… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breeders are searching for methods to protect farming animals against
diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria. The easiest way to fight bacteria is to use …

Voluntary running exercise alters microbiota composition and increases n-butyrate concentration in the rat cecum

M Matsumoto, R Inoue, T Tsukahara… - Bioscience …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The effects of voluntary wheel-running exercise on cecal microbiota and short-chain fatty
acid production were investigated in rats. The microbiota composition was notably different …

Biochemistry changes that occur after death: potential markers for determining post-mortem interval

AE Donaldson, IL Lamont - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Death is likely to result in very extensive biochemical changes in all body tissues due to lack
of circulating oxygen, altered enzymatic reactions, cellular degradation, and cessation of …

Assessment of fecal bacterial diversity among healthy piglets during the weaning transition

EAB Pajarillo, JP Chae, MP Balolong… - The Journal of general …, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of humans and animals is believed to lack microbial
colonization prior to birth (Isaacson and Kim, 2012), and thereafter experiences constant …

Weaning—A challenge to gut physiologists

JP Lallès, P Bosi, H Smidt, CR Stokes - Livestock Science, 2007 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to review the most relevant findings obtained over the last four years
on the physiology, microbiology and immunology of the gastrointestinal tract of pigs as …

Health‐beneficial effects of probiotics: Its mode of action

Y Ohashi, K Ushida - Animal Science Journal, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
It is now widely recognized that probiotics have health‐beneficial effects on humans and
animals. Probiotics should survive in the intestinal tract to exert beneficial effects on the …