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The effects of dietary sodium butyrate supplementation on the growth performance, carcass traits and intestinal microbiota of growing-finishing pigs.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jun 2020
Sun W, Sun J, Li M, Xu Q, Zhang X, Tang Z, Chen J, Zhen J, Sun Z
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AIM: This study was carried out to investigate the effects of dietary sodium butyrate supplementation on growth performance, carcass traits and intestinal of growing-finishing pigs. METHODS AND RESULTS: Thirty pigs (27·4 ± 0·4 kg) were randomly assigned to receive one of three diets: basal diet (negative control group), basal diet + 40 ppm zinc bacitracin (positive control group) and basal diet + 0·2% sodium...
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