Maintenance of villus height and crypt depth, and enhancement of disaccharide digestion and monosaccharide absorption, in piglets fed on cows' whole milk after weaning

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 409-422

  Pluske, John R ^a,b   Thompson, Melinda J ^a   Atwood, Craig S ^a,c   Bird, Peter H ^a,d   Williams, Ian H ^a   Hartmann, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crypt depth; Piglet; Sugars; Villus height

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; LACTASE; LACTOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM; LACTATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029744696     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19960046     Document Type: Article

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