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Early pregnancy diet with sodium butyrate, selenium yeast, and soy isoflavones increases sows’ litter size and normal neonatal piglet numbers in association with sex hormones synthesis, antioxidant capacity, and gut microbiota

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2026

Zhenhong Yan ,
Yan Chen ,
Yifan Hu ,
Haoyi Jiang ,
Nan Chen ,
Baoyang Xu  and
Xianghua Yan
Zhenhong Yan
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
Yan Chen
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
Yifan Hu
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
Haoyi Jiang
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
Nan Chen
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
Baoyang Xu
Affiliation:
College of Animal Science and Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Zhejiang A&F
Xianghua Yan*
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China National Engineering Research Center for Green Feed and Healthy Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science (Eastern of China), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Breeding for High-quality Animal Products Institute of Feed Science, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, P. R. China
*
Corresponding author: Xianghua Yan, Email: xhyan2024@zju.edu.cn
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Animal Nutriomics , Accepted manuscript , pp. 1 - 37
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