This study was to compare effects of two different palatability enhancers in creep diets on growth performance, intestinal villi and umami receptor gene expression of piglets. Crossbred sows and nursing pigs were pre-arranged randomly to two groups. They were provided with creep diets supplemented either Luctarom with milk flavor or…
An expanding body of evidence links the use of antimicrobials (ANT) in animal agriculture to the worldwide spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. It is urgent therefore to discontinue the non-therapeutic use of ANT in food-producing animals, but this undertaking is hampered by the still-elusive mechanism that mediates their growth-enhancing action. Available…
Traditionally, bile acids (BA) have been viewed as detergent molecules involved in the intestinal digestion and absorption of lipids and hepatic maintenance of cholesterol homeostasis. During the last 15 years, however, it has become clear that BA are important regulatory molecules with systemic endocrine functions that signal changes in luminal…