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Chronic dexamethasone exposure retards growth without altering the digestive tract microbiota composition in goats

BACKGROUND: Dexamethasone (Dex), an artificially synthetic cortisol substitute, is commonly used as an anti-inflammatory drug, and is also employed to mimic the stress state experimentally. It is well known that chronic stress disturbs the gut microbiota community and digestive functions. However, n...

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Autores principales: Hua, Canfeng, Geng, Yali, Chen, Qu, Niu, Liqiong, Cai, Liuping, Tao, Shiyu, Ni, Yingdong, Zhao, Ruqian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30200878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-018-1253-1