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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2025

Intestinal Effects of Brewers' Spent Grain Extract In Ovo (

Melissa Y Huang, Louisa M Smieska, Elad Tako

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Melissa Y HuangDepartment of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-3986-9306
Louisa M SmieskaCornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8150-1920
Elad TakoDepartment of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upcycling brewers' spent grain (BSG) into poultry feed needs to be optimized. Since broiler chickens inefficiently digest fiber, we created a water-soluble BSG extract (BSGE) to explore this fraction's potential nutritional benefits. We utilized intra-amniotic administration (in ovo) to target the gastrointestinal tract of broiler embryos. BSGE increased villus surface area and goblet cell quantity and size, implying improved duodenal development. The extract also changed cecal

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broiler chicken (Gallus gallus)cecal microbiotaduodenal morphologyintra-amniotic administration (in ovo)synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy (µXRF)tanninsupcycling

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PMID39943073
PMCPMC11816252

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