Weaning stress and gastrointestinal barrier development: Implications for lifelong gut health in pigs

The gastrointestinal (GI) barrier serves a critical role in survival and overall health of animals and humans. Several layers of barrier defense mechanisms are provided by the epithelial, immune and enteric nervous systems. Together they act in concert to control normal gut functions (e.g., digestio...

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Main Authors: Adam J. Moeser, Calvin S. Pohl, Mrigendra Rajput
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-12-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654516302402