Studies of the microbiota and the prebiotic effects of galacto-oligosaccharides in suckling pigs.

Suckling is a unique period in porcine development where the early-life environment affects the composition of the microbiota. Colonic samples were collected from four suckling 22-day old, pigs each, in three separate trials and the microbiome composition assessed by 16s rRNA gene sequencing. Common...

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Main Author: Lee, Adam
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/74345/