Kimmie Kyed Lyderik, Xuwen Zhang, Christina Larsen, Niels Jørgen Kjeldsen, Marie Louise Madelung Pedersen, Mette Skou Hedemann, Andrew Richard Williams, Charlotte Amdi, Johannes Gulmann Madsen
The objective was to study the effects of weaning in week 5 (W5) vs. week 4 (W4), as well as liquid (LF) vs. dry feed (DF), on growth performance, disaccharidase activity and nutrient transporter expression after weaning. The experiment included 12,923 pigs fed LF or DF in the pre-weaning period and a subpopulation of 15 pigs from each group, W4DF, W4LF, W5DF and W5LF, which were weighed and euthanized five days after weaning. The proximal part of the small intestine was analyzed for maltase, lactase and sucrase activity and the expression of SGLT-1 , GLUT-2 and PepT-1 ...
June 1, 2023: Animals: An Open Access Journal From MDPI