Response of Gut Microbiota to Dietary Fiber and Metabolic Interaction With SCFAs in Piglets

Dietary fiber (DF) is increasingly thought to regulate diversity of piglet gut microbiota to alleviate weaning stress in piglets. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of DF on growth performance of piglets and composition of their gut microbiota, as well as the interaction between gut...

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Main Authors: Boshuai Liu, Wenjing Wang, Xiaoyan Zhu, Xiao Sun, Junnan Xiao, Defeng Li, Yalei Cui, Chengzhang Wang, Yinghua Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02344/full