Optimisation and application of a method designed to assess host DNA in pig and poultry faeces as a potential marker of gut cell loss

Maintaining and replenishing the intestinal barrier is an energy demanding process. In farmed species the excessive energy utilised by this process could be better utilised in the production of proteins for lean muscle deposition, milk synthesis or egg production. Altering the diets of farmed animal...

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Main Author: Slinger, Kimberley R.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60522/