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Kristopher Bottoms
Researcher at University of Arkansas
Publications - 3
Citations - 40
Kristopher Bottoms is an academic researcher from University of Arkansas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sodium butyrate & Gut flora. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 18 citations.
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ZnO Modulates Swine Gut Microbiota and Improves Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs When Combined with Peptide Cocktail.
Xiaoyuan Wei,Tsungcheng Tsai,Joshua Knapp,Kristopher Bottoms,Feilong Deng,Feilong Deng,Robert Story,Charles V Maxwell,Jiangchao Zhao +8 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the pharmaceutical level of zinc as ZnO conditioned the gut community to the point where peptide could effectively restore growth performance in nursery pigs fed nutrient-deficient diets.
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Dietary Organic Acids Modulate Gut Microbiota and Improve Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs
Xiaoyuan Wei,Kristopher Bottoms,Hans H Stein,Laia Blavi,Casey L Bradley,Jon R Bergstrom,Joshua Knapp,Robert Story,Charles V Maxwell,Tsungcheng Tsai,Jiangchao Zhao +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that the inclusion of sodium butyrate at moderate levels in a diet containing 0.5% benzoic acid improved growth performance of weaning pigs.
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144 Effect of sodium butyrate (SB) on growth performance and complete blood cell count in nursery pigs: Two facility study
Tsung Cheng Tsai,Hans H Stein,Casey L Bradley,Laia Blavi,Kristopher Bottoms,Joshua Knapp,Hannah Maxwell,Charles V Maxwell +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a total of 344 weaned pigs (21 ± 2 d of age) were used at University of Arkansas and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, n = 128) to evaluate increasing level of sodium butyrate (SB) on growth performance and complete blood cell count.