Dietary Corn Bran Altered the Diversity of Microbial Communities and Cytokine Production in Weaned Pigs

Dietary Corn Bran Altered the Diversity of Microbial Communities and Cytokine Production in Weaned Pigs

Corn bran (CB) has been used as an ingredient for pigs, but the underlying mechanisms that improve gut health is less clear. This study was conducted to investigate effects of dietary CB on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, plasma indices related to gut hormones and immunity, gut microbiot...

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Main Authors: Ping Liu, Jinbiao Zhao, Wei Wang, Pingting Guo, Wenqing Lu, Chunlin Wang, Ling Liu, Lee J. Johnston, Yuan Zhao, Xianhua Wu, Chi Xu, Jie Zhang, Xi Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
corn bran
fermentation
fibrolytic bacteria
inflammation
short-chain fatty acids
weaned pigs
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02090/full

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