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Nutritional and Physiological Functions of Amino Acids in Pigs pp 51–57Cite as

Terminal Digestion of Polypeptides and Amino Acid Absorption by the Pig Intestine Epithelial Cells During Development

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Immediately after birth, the capacity of small intestine enterocytes to transport amino acids in their free from and as oligopeptides from the luminal content to the bloodstream appears high but decreases thereafter. Although the pig proximal colon may participate in the amino acid absorption within few days after birth, this capacity becomes undetectable thereafter.

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  1. UMR 914 Nutrition Physiology and Ingestive Behavior, INRA-CRNH-IdF-AgroParisTech, Paris, France

    François Blachier & Mireille Andriamihaja

  2. Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, China

    Yulong Yin

  3. Department of Animal Science and Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Guoyao Wu

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Blachier, F., Yin, Y., Wu, G., Andriamihaja, M. (2013). Terminal Digestion of Polypeptides and Amino Acid Absorption by the Pig Intestine Epithelial Cells During Development. In: Blachier, F., Wu, G., Yin, Y. (eds) Nutritional and Physiological Functions of Amino Acids in Pigs. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1328-8_4

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