Finishing pigs that are divergent in feed efficiency show small differences in intestinal functionality and structure

• Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli ,

  * E-mail: barbara.metzler@vetmeduni.ac.at

  Affiliation University Clinic for Swine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Peadar G. Lawlor,

  Affiliation Teagasc Pig Development Department, Animal & Grassland Research & Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland

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• Elizabeth Magowan,

  Affiliation Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Agriculture Branch, Large Park, Co. Down, Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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• Ursula M. McCormack,

  Affiliations Teagasc Pig Development Department, Animal & Grassland Research & Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland, Department of Science and Computing, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Co. Waterford, Ireland

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• Tânia Curião,

  Affiliation Teagasc Pig Development Department, Animal & Grassland Research & Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland

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• Manfred Hollmann,

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Reinhard Ertl,

  Affiliation VetCore facility for Research, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria; Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Jörg R. Aschenbach,

  Affiliation Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Qendrim Zebeli

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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