Impact of fermentable protein, by feeding high protein diets, on microbial composition, microbial catabolic activity, gut health and beyond in pigs

H Zhang, N Wielen, B Hee, J Wang, W Hendriks… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
In pigs, high protein diets have been related to post-weaning diarrhoea, which may be due
to the production of protein fermentation metabolites that were shown to have harmful effects …

[HTML][HTML] Low sanitary housing conditions increase protein fermentation in piglets but do not aggravate the effects of protein fermentation on intestinal health

L Noorman, MS Gilbert, B van der Hee… - Animal Feed Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Protein fermentation has been identified as a risk factor for the occurrence of post-weaning
diarrhea. Associations between low protein digestion–provoking protein fermentation-and …

In vitro fermentation potential of gut endogenous protein losses of growing pigs

H Zhang, JW Cone, AK Kies, J Dijkstra… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Fermentation of dietary and endogenous protein in the hindgut is generally considered
detrimental to the health of pigs. We investigated the in vitro fermentation potential of porcine …