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Alterations in piglet small intestinal structure at weaning.

D. Hampson

1986RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE

DOI: 10.1016/s0034-5288(18)30482-x

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The reduction in small intestinal absorptive area and the appearance of a less mature enterocyte population help to explain the increased susceptibility of the pig to diarrhoea and growth checks in the post-weaning period.

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HAMPSON, D. Alterations in piglet small intestinal structure at weaning. RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE, 1986, 40 1: 32–40.