A transcriptomic approach to pigs at weaning: a role for Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii?

Weaning is a stressful period in the early life of a pig. This stress manifests as immediate weight loss coinciding with increases in intestinal transepithelial resistance. This study aims to identify the transcriptional differences in the colon between suckling and weaned animals over this period u...

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Main Author: Watts, Oliver
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53278/