ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024
Sustainable Nutritional Strategies for Gut Health in Weaned Pigs: The Role of Reduced Dietary Crude Protein, Organic Acids and Butyrate Production.
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- Mechanistic insights into probiotic modulation of the gut-immune axis and their role as sustainable antibiotic alternatives in poultry production: An integrative review.Veterinary world · 2026Article
- Synergistic Benefits of Butyric Acid and Resistant Potato Starch on Growth and Gut Health in Weaned Pigs.Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition · 2026Article
- Exploratory identification of intestinal health and productive performance patterns in post-weaning piglets using explainable machine learning.Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
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- LiveFrontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Impact of probiotics and prebiotics on glucose/lipid metabolism in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: mechanisms and implications.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- The Role of Swine Gut Microbiota and Its Metabolites in Maintaining Intestinal Barrier Integrity and Mitigating Stress via the Gut-Brain Axis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Organic acid-preserved grain improves growth and gut health in weanling pigs fed zinc oxide free diets.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dietary Addition of Tributyrin Improved the Production Performance, Antioxidant Ability and Intestinal Health in Weaned Rabbits.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Effects of Dietary Fiber Fermentation and Protein Digestion Properties on Growth Performance and Microbial Metabolites in Weaned Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Optimising Nutrition for Sustainable Pig Production: Strategies to Quantify and Mitigate Environmental Impact.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Effects of Butyric Acid Supplementation on the Gut Microbiome and Growth Performance of Weanling Pigs Fed a Low-Crude Protein, Propionic Acid-Preserved Grain Diet.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Determinants of piglet gut microbiome colonization: roles of genetics, nutrition, therapeutics, and the impact of enteric pathogens like PEDV.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Weaning in piglets presents significant physiological and immunological challenges, including gut dysbiosis and increased susceptibility to post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD). Abrupt dietary, environmental, and social changes during this period disrupt the intestinal barrier and microbiota, often necessitating antimicrobial use. Sustainable dietary strategies are critical to addressing these issues while reducing reliance on antimicrobials. Reducing dietary crude protein mitigates the availability of undigested proteins for pathogenic bacteria, lowering harmful by-products like ammonia and branched-chain fatty acids, which exacerbate dysbiosis. Organic acid supplementation improves gastric acidification, nutrient absorption, and microbial balance, while also serving as an energy-efficient alternative to traditional grain preservation methods. Increasing intestinal butyrate, a key short-chain fatty acid with anti-inflammatory and gut-protective properties, is particularly promising. Butyrate strengthens intestinal barrier integrity by upregulating tight junction proteins, reduces inflammation by modulating cytokine responses, and promotes anaerobic microbial stability. Exogenous butyrate supplementation via salts provides immediate benefits, while endogenous stimulation through prebiotics (e.g., resistant starch) and probiotics promotes sustained butyrate production. These interventions selectively enhance butyrate-producing bacteria such as
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