Philip Thacker

Effects of the antimicrobial peptide cecropin AD on performance and intestinal health in weaned piglets challenged with Escherichia coli

Shudan Wu, Fengrui Zhang, Zhimin Huang et al. · Peptides · 2012 · 165 citations

Weaned Piglets, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Immunology +9

Supplementation with branched-chain amino acids to a low-protein diet regulates intestinal expression of amino acid and peptide transporters in weanling pigs

Shihai Zhang, Shiyan Qiao, Man Ren et al. · Amino Acids · 2013 · 141 citations

Animal Physiology, Nutrition, Amino Acid +12

Lactobacillus reuteri I5007 Modulates Intestinal Host Defense Peptide Expression in the Model of IPEC-J2 Cells and Neonatal Piglets

Hongbin Liu, Chengli Hou, Gang Wang et al. · Nutrients · 2017 · 93 citations · Full text

Nutritional value of diets containing graded levels of wheat distillers grains with solubles fed to broiler chicks

Philip Thacker, G.P. Widyaratne · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture · 2007 · 70 citations

Nutrition, Engineering, Nutritive Value +16

Aj-rel and Aj-p105, two evolutionary conserved NF-κB homologues in sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) and their involvement in LPS induced immunity

Tingting Wang, Yongxin Sun, Liji Jin et al. · Fish & Shellfish Immunology · 2012 · 56 citations

Biology, Apostichopus Japonicus, Plant Immunity +10