Effects of dietary supplementation of a lipid-coated zinc oxide product on the fecal consistency, growth, and morphology of the intestinal mucosa of weanling pigs

BACKGROUND: Dietary supplementation of zinc oxide (ZnO) to 2000 to 4000 mg/kg is known to be effective for the prevention and treatment of post-weaning diarrhea in the pig. Such a ‘pharmacological’ supplementation, however, can potentially result in environmental pollution of the heavy metal, becaus...

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Autores principales: Byun, Young-Jin, Lee, Chul Young, Kim, Myeong Hyeon, Jung, Dae Yun, Han, Jeong Hee, Jang, Insurk, Song, Young Min, Park, Byung-Chul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5842370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29541479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40781-017-0159-z

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