Maternal Malic Acid May Ameliorate Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Sows through Modulating Gut Microbiota and Host Metabolic Profiles during Late Pregnancy

• Main Authors: Meixia Chen (Author), Ying Zhao (Author), Shuang Li (Author), Zhuo Chang (Author), Hui Liu (Author), Dongyan Zhang (Author), Sixin Wang (Author), Xin Zhang (Author), Jing Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sows suffer oxidative stress and inflammation induced by metabolic burden during late pregnancy, which negatively regulates reproductive and lactating performances. We previously found that L-malic acid (MA) alleviated oxidative stress and inflammation and improved reproductive performances in sows....