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SUBMITTER: Zhu L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7162831 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 20200303 9
Pyrodextrin (PD) is prepared from starch by heat treatment and is resistant to amylase. We hypothesized that PD might have prebiotic potential affecting the microbiota composition, because it contains a non-digestible portion that may behave as dietary fiber. This study investigated the effects of PD supplementation on growth performance, gut morphology, short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), and the bacterial community in weaned piglets receiving dietary supplementation of 0.5% PD. The piglets in the ...[more]