Marcos E Duarte

TL;DR: Collectively, xylanase improved growth performance, digesta viscosity, and oxidative stress, whereas protease improved feed efficiency and gut morphology.

TL;DR: It was demonstrated that the mucosa-associated microbiota should be evaluated when analyzing the interaction among diets, microbiota, and health, and supplementation of feed additives aimed to promote the intestinal health of pigs should consider their roles in the modulation of mucosa -associated microbiota as biomarkers to predict the response of growth performance to dietary interventions.

TL;DR: In conclusion, ETEC challenge reduced growth performance by affecting microbiome, immune response, and oxidative stress in the jejunum and synbiotics enhanced growth performance in nursery pigs by reducing diarrhea, immune Response, and antioxidants in theJejunum.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of functional feed additives in enhancing the growth and health of nursery pigs during the post-weaning period is discussed. But, the authors did not consider the nutritional intervention using a single feed additive or a combination of different additives that can enhance feed intake, increase weight gain and reduce mortality and morbidity.

TL;DR: Growth performance of pigs were not affected by ETEC challenge, whereas the probiotics increased (P < 0.05) growth performance by reducing intestinal inflammation, oxidative stress, morphological damages without affecting the growth performance.