Chapter 4 Carboxylic acids as bioregulators and gut growth promoters in nonruminants

摘要: Publisher Summary The chapter discusses carboxylic acids as bioregulators and gut growth promoters in nonruminants. presents a review of current literature relating the modes action effectiveness both short medium chain relative to health performance nonruminant animals, with an emphasis on pigs. Over past 50 years numerous studies have been addressed worldwide evaluate four major benefits because acids: (1) improved resistance disease, (2) faster growth, (3) increased efficiency diet utilization, (4) better carcass quality. Secondary effects, concerning environmental pollution (less total N, volatilized ammonia, P) and/or reduced production costs also received considerable attention. intraluminal post-absorptive bioactivity short-chain fatty (SCFA) medium-chain (MCFA) nonruminants, particularly discusses: Some essentials physicochemical properties SCFA MCFA, rates concentrations particular sections gut, direct indirect effects MCFA functionality, transepithelial transport absorptive mechanisms SCFA, (5) roles metabolic regulatory processes body.