Inclusion of the direct-fed microbial Clostridium butyricum in diets for weanling pigs increases growth performance and tends to increase villus height and crypt depth, but does not change intestinal microbial abundance

Casas, Gloria A., Laia Blavi, Tzu-Wen L. Cross, Anne H. Lee, Kelly S. Swanson, and Hans H. Stein. 2020. Inclusion of the direct-fed microbial Clostridium butyricum in diets for weanling pigs increases growth performance and tends to increase villus height and crypt depth, but does not change intestinal microbial abundance. Journal of Animal Science, 2020, 1–12. doi:10.1093/jas/skz372. Link to full text.

Keywords: 
Clostridium butyricum, Direct-fed microbials, Growth performance, Intestinal morphology, microbiota, Pigs
Authors: 
Casas, Blavi, Cross, Lee, Swanson, Stein
Publication Type: 
Peer-reviewed journal articles