Coated zinc oxide improves intestinal immunity function and regulates microbiota composition in weaned piglets

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2123-2134

  Shen, Junhua ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Wang, Zhisheng ^a   Zhou, Anguo ^a   He, Miao ^a   Mao, Lei ^a   Zou, Huawei ^a   Peng, Quanhui ^a   Xue, Bai ^a   Wang, Lizhi ^a   Zhang, Xiangfei ^a   Wu, Shilin ^b   Lv, Yong ^b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Bangsheng Bio Technology Company   (China)

Author keywords

Coated zinc oxide; Diarrhoea; Intestinal immunity; Microbiota composition

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 10; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; ZINC OXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DUODENUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; ILEUM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGLET; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPREGULATION; WEANING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNITY; INTESTINAL IMMUNITY; JEJUNUM MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM; ENERGY INTAKE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROVILLI; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TABLETS, ENTERIC-COATED; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84901258326     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514000300     Document Type: Article

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