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The prolonged effect of glucagon-like peptide 2 pretreatment on growth performance and intestinal development of weaned piglets
BACKGROUND: Glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2) is a potent epithelium-specific intestinal growth factor. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the prolonged effect of GLP-2 on the growth performance of weaned piglets. Forty piglets weaned at the age of 28 d with an average BW of 6.8 ± 0.4 kg were as...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27148449 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40104-016-0087-7 |