Animal Nutrition,Growth and Lactation(grant no.2015–67015-23245/project accession no.1005855);Animal Health and Production and Animal Products(grant no.2023–67015-39663/1030033)from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture;North Carolina Agricultural Research Hatch projects 1016618 and 02780.
Background Energy deficiency is a leading cause of the high pre-weaning mortality of neonatal piglets in the swine industry.Thus,optimal energy metabolism is of crucial importance for improving the survivability of ne...
supported by the Major Program of Heilongjiang Province of China(2021ZX12B08).
This research aims to investigate the effects of dietary konjac glucomannan and k-carrageenan(SF)on sow performance and suckling piglet gut barrier.Thirty-four sows in late gestation(parity 2e5)were selected at random...
Dear Editor,Rotavirus(RV),a member of the Reoviridae family,is non-enveloped virus with a genome consisting of 11 segments of double-stranded RNA.It possesses a three-layered shell structure,and can be classified into...
The aim of the present article is twofold:firstly,to prove that the expression animal+young du_(3)(-a),which is basically documented in texts from the 3rd millennium BC,refers to a dam that has just given birth,and se...
supported by the Key Project of Regional Innovation and Development Joint Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China(U20A2056);Youth Foundation of Guangxi Natural Science Foundation(2021JJB130431);Open Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region of Chinese Academy of Sciences(ISA2022105);Special Funds for Construction of Innovative Provinces in Hunan Province(2019RS3022)
This study explored the developmental changes in small intestinal barrier function and the potential regulatory roles of intestinal microbiota and metabolites in different breeds of piglets during suckling and weaning...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.31802101);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.KJQN201935)。
Background Intrauterine growth restriction(IUGR)can cause lipid disorders in infants and have long-term adverse effects on their growth and development.Clostridium butyricum(C.butyricum),a kind of emerging probiotics,...
Current study evaluated the effect of a fine and coarsely ground insoluble dietary fibre source on the gastrointestinal development of suckling pigs.Oat hulls(OH)were selected as a model feedstuff,rich in cellulose,li...
supported by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.LY21C200002);the Nature Science Program of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University(No.2021JKZKTS026B).
2′-Fucosyllactose(2′-FL),the main component of human milk oligosaccharides(HMOs),has been shown to prevent intestinal diseases and its underlying mechanism remains unclear.The protective effect of 2′-FL against lip...
National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFD0501101);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31802094)。
This study aimed to investigate the mechanism of small intestinal immune dysfunction in intrauterine growth restriction(IUGR)newborn piglets and relieve this dysfunction via dimethylglycine sodium salt(DMG-Na)suppleme...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31902180);the Top Talents Award Plan of Yangzhou University(2020);the Cyanine Project of Yangzhou University(2020)。
Previous studies have revealed that dietary N-carbamylglutamate(NCG)or L-arginine(Arg)improves small intestinal integrity and immune function in suckling Hu lambs that have experienced intrauterine growth retardation(...