Transgenic milk containing recombinant human lactoferrin modulates the intestinal flora in piglets¹This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Lactoferrin and has undergone the Journal’s usual peer review process.

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Lactoferrin (LF) is a beneficial multifunctional protein in milk. The objective of this study was to determine whether bovine transgenic milk containing recombinant human lactoferrin (rhLF) can modulate intestinal flora in the neonatal pig as an animal model for the human infant. We fed 7-day-old piglets (i) ordinary whole milk (OM), (ii) a 1:1 mixture of OM and rhLF milk (MM), or (iii) rhLF milk (LFM). LFM...

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