Inclusion of the direct-fed microbial Clostridium butyricum in diets for weanling pigs increases growth performance and tends to increase villus height and crypt depth, but does not change intestinal microbial abundance.
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DOI: 10.1093/jas/skz372
Abstract: An experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that inclusion of the direct fed microbial Clostridium butyricum in diets for weanling pigs will improve growth performance, systemic immune function, microbiota composition, and gut morphology in… read more here.
Keywords: villus height; butyricum; crypt depth; pigs fed ... See more keywords