Effect of protected sodium butyrate on performance and intestinal morphology

摘要

The inclusion of organic acids in piglet diets helps prevent intestinal problems in the postweaning period and improves animal growth performance.Butyrate has a specific role in improving the growth performance of weaned piglets. Butyric acid is themain energy source for epithelial cells in the intestine and the ileum. In trials with growing pigs, butyrate not only improves animal growth but also increases the length of ileal microvilli and the depth of caecal crypts on intestinal mucosa and promotes peptide production, which stimulates cell proliferation and mitosis in the colon, ileum and jejunum epithelium.