Age, sex, and weight at weaning influence organ weight and gastrointestinal development of weanling pigs

By J. Pluske, D. J. Kerton, P. Cranwell, R. Campbell, B. Mullan, R. H. King, G. N. Power, S. Pierzynowski, B. Weström, C. Rippe and 2 more. 2003

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Invited review: Aspects of gastrointestinal tract growth and maturation in the pre- and postweaning period of pigs (2016, background): “…in dietary substrates, and adjustment to stress (e.g., Stokes et al., 1994; Cranwell, 1995; Xu, 1996; Pluske et al., 1997; Zabielski et al., 1999; Burrin and Stoll, 2003; Pluske et al., 2003; Boudry et al., 2004; Lallès et al., 2004; Burkey et al., 2009; Wijtten et al., 2011, 2012; Pluske, 2013).”
The digestible energy value of wheat for pigs, with special reference to the post-weaned animal [Review] (2005, background): “Due to the underdeveloped gastrointestinal tract (Pluske et al., 2003), immature endogenous enzyme systems (Cranwell, 1995) and low population numbers and diversity of microflora in the gut of young pigs compared to that for older pigs (Fernandez et al.”
Nutrition and pathology of weaner pigs: Nutritional strategies to support barrier function in the gastrointestinal tract (2012, background): “However, piglets’ ability to digest and absorb high rotein diets might be compromised as the pancreatic and brush border proteolytic enzyme systems are not fully developed t weaning (Travid et al., 1993a,b; Pluske et al., 2003).”