Zhentao He, Shuai Liu, Xiaolu Wen, Shuting Cao, Xianliang Zhan, Lei Hou, Yaojie Li, Shaozhen Chen, Huayu Zheng, Dongyan Deng, Kaiguo Gao, Xuefen Yang, Zongyong Jiang, Li Wang
INTRODUCTION: This study was carried out to investigate the effects of mixed meal (rapeseed meal, cotton meal, and sunflower meal) replacement soybean meal on growth performance, nutrient apparent digestibility, serum inflammatory factors and immunoglobulins, serum biochemical parameters, intestinal permeability, short-chain fatty acid content, and gut microbiota of finishing pigs. METHODS: A total of 54 pigs with an average initial weight of 97.60 ± 0.30 kg were selected and randomly divided into 3 groups according to their initial weight, with 6 replicates in each group and 3 pigs in each replicate...
2024: Frontiers in Veterinary Science