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Masanetz S, Wimmer N, Plitzner C, et al. Effects of inulin and lactulose on the intestinal morphology of calves. Animal. 2010;4(5):739-44doi: 10.1017/S1751731109991728.
Masanetz, S., Wimmer, N., Plitzner, C., Limbeck, E., Preißinger, W., & Pfaffl, M. W. (2010). Effects of inulin and lactulose on the intestinal morphology of calves. Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience, 4(5), 739-44. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731109991728
Masanetz, S, et al. "Effects of inulin and lactulose on the intestinal morphology of calves." Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience vol. 4,5 (2010): 739-44. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731109991728
Masanetz S, Wimmer N, Plitzner C, Limbeck E, Preißinger W, Pfaffl MW. Effects of inulin and lactulose on the intestinal morphology of calves. Animal. 2010 May;4(5):739-44. doi: 10.1017/S1751731109991728. PMID: 22444127.
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Animal. 2010 May;4(5):739-44. doi: 10.1017/S1751731109991728.

Effects of inulin and lactulose on the intestinal morphology of calves.

Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience

S Masanetz, N Wimmer, C Plitzner, E Limbeck, W Preißinger, M W Pfaffl

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  1. 1Chair of Physiology, Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences (ZIEL), Technical University of Munich, D-85354 Freising, Germany.

PMID: 22444127 DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109991728

Abstract

For some time now prebiotics have been proposed to improve health by stimulation of beneficial bacteria in the intestine of humans and animals. The current study is aiming to show effects of feeding of either 2% inulin or 2% lactulose in milk replacer on performance and intestinal morphology of male Holstein-Friesian calves. After 20 weeks of feeding inulin led to significantly higher daily weight gains than lactulose while control animals ranged between the experimental feedings. Ingestion of milk replacer was reduced in lactulose treated animals. Additionally differences of villus height in jejunum (P = 0.07) and ileum (P = 0.03) could be found with an increase for lactulose treated animals and a decrease for inulin treated animals. In ileum the density of proliferative epithelial cells tended to be lower in inulin treated and higher in lactulose treated animals (P = 0.08). Both inulin and lactulose tended to decrease the quantity of goblet cells in the tips of ileal villi (P = 0.07). Both prebiotics can affect performance and intestinal morphology of calves and may as such affect animal health. But effects differ between substances.

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