Effect of dietary seaweed extracts and fish oil supplementation in sows on performance, intestinal microflora, intestinal morphology, volatile fatty acid concentrations and immune status of weaned pigs

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 549-560

  Leonard, S G ^a,b   Sweeney, T ^a   Bahar, B ^a   Lynch, B P ^b   O'Doherty, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fish oil; Fucoidan; Gastrointestinal health; Laminarin; Seaweed extract; Weaned piglets

Indexed keywords

ALGAL EXTRACT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; FUCOIDIN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LAMINARAN; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASH; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; ILEUM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOW (SWINE); WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 85027940297     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510003739     Document Type: Article

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