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Prediction of nutrient digestibility in grower-finisher pigs based on faecal microbiota composition.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Jan 2020
Verschuren Lisanne M G, Schokker Dirkjan, Bergsma Rob, Jansman Alfons J M, Molist Francesc, Calus Mario P L
Abstract excerpt
Microbiota play an important role in total tract nutrient digestion, especially when fibrous diets are fed to pigs. This study aimed to use metagenomics to predict faecal nutrient digestibility in grower-finisher pigs. The study design consisted of 160 three-way crossbreed grower-finisher pigs (80 female and 80 male) which were either fed a diet based on corn/soybean meal or a more fibrous diet based on...
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