It has been shown that administering low doses of protected butyrates to healthy animals results in enhanced animal performance. Photo: Marco Vellinga.
Butyric acid, a short-chain fatty acid, is known to be involved in mucosal immune response and to have an anti-inflammatory effect in animals. What what else does it influence?
It also influences gene expression and protein synthesis. Butyric acid has very complex and diverse modes of action and is commonly used as calcium or sodium butyrate.After being added as a supplement to the animal diet, better nutrient utilisation and beneficial effects on animal performance were reported. Short chain fa
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