Effects of dietary L-Citrulline supplementation on growth performance, meat quality, and fecal microbial composition in finishing pigs

Effects of dietary L-Citrulline supplementation on growth performance, meat quality, and fecal microbial composition in finishing pigs

Gut microbiota play an important role in the gut ecology and development of pigs, which is always regulated by nutrients. This study investigated the effect of L-Citrulline on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and its potential regulatory mechanism. The results showed that 1% dietary L-Ci...

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Main Authors: Junhua Du, Mailin Gan, Zhongwei Xie, Chengpeng Zhou, Yunhong Jing, Menglin Li, Chengming Liu, Meng Wang, Haodong Dai, Zhiyang Huang, Lei Chen, Ye Zhao, Lili Niu, Yan Wang, Shunhua Zhang, Zongyi Guo, Linyuan Shen, Li Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
L-Citrulline
growth performance
carcass characteristics
fecal microbes
finishing pigs
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1209389/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1209389/full

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