Effects of dietary supplementation of lipid-coated zinc oxide on intestinal mucosal morphology and expression of the genes associated with growth and immune function in weanling pigs

Young Min Song, Myeong Hyeon Kim, Hana Kim, In-Surk Jang, Jeong‐Hee Han, Giselle Ann D Fontamillas, Chul Young Lee, Byung‐Chul Park

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences · 2017 · 18 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

The present results are interpreted to suggest that dietary ZnO provided by SZ may play a role in intestinal mucosal growth and immune function by modulating the expression of <i>IGF-I</i>, <i>IL-6</i>, and <i>IL-10</i> genes.

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