@article {10.3844/ajavsp.2014.137.143,
article_type = {journal},
title = {ASSESSMENT OF MIXED MINERALS BY OBSERVING INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELL ALTERATIONS IN PIGLETS},
author = {Maneewan, Chamroon and Mekbungwan, Apichai and Yamauchi, Koh-En and Edashige, Keisuke},
volume = {9},
number = {2},
year = {2014},
month = {Jun},
pages = {137-143},
doi = {10.3844/ajavsp.2014.137.143},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajavsp.2014.137.143},
abstract = {The experiment was conducted to assess the effect of dietary Mixed Minerals (MM) on intestinal epithelial cell morphology, villus height and area and growth performance in piglets. Thirty two-month-old hybrid piglets (15 kg BW) (Large White × Landrace × Duroc), consisting of 15 castrated males and 15 females, were allocated into three experimental groups with five replicates of one castrated male and one female per replicate. The basal diet was supplemented with MM at 0 (control), 0.05 and 0.1% for 30 days. Compared with dome-shaped epithelial cells on the intestinal villus apical surface, further protuberated dome-shaped cells were observed in the 0.05% MM group and cell clusters comprised of dome-shaped cells appeared in the 0.1% MM group. However, the villus height and villus area as well as growth performance were not affected, except that the feed intake and average daily feed intake of the 0.1% MM group increased compared with those of the 0.05% MM group (p},
journal = {American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}