ArticleThe open biochemistry journal2014
The Effects of β-Glucan on Pig Growth and Immunity.
Article in The open biochemistry journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.
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Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Potential Role of Brown Macroalgae on Pig Health: A Review.ACS nutrition science · 2026Review
- Enhanced porcine gut barrier functioning and reduced inflammation from a combination of seaweed bioactives.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Effects of dietary yeast β-glucan on lactating sows under heat stress.Journal of animal science and technology · 2025Article
- The Effects of Lentinan on the Hematological and Immune Indices of Dairy Cows.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Maternal Programming of Nursery Pig Performance and Gut Microbiome through Live Yeast Supplementation.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Quantification of Mixed-Linkage β-Glucan (MLG) in Bacteria.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
- The Efficacy of Yeast Supplementation on Monogastric Animal Performance-A Short Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Effects of β-glucan with vitamin E supplementation on the growth performance, blood profiles, immune response, pork quality, pork flavor, and economic benefit in growing and finishing pigs.Animal bioscience · 2023Article
- Effects of β-glucan with vitamin E supplementation on the growth performance, blood profiles, immune response, fecal microbiota, fecal score, and nutrient digestibility in weaning pigs.Animal bioscience · 2023Article
- Effects of β-glucan on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium swine colonization and microbiota alterations.Porcine health management · 2023Article
- Effects of β-glucan with vitamin E supplementation on the physiological response, litter performance, blood profiles, immune response, and milk composition of lactating sows.Animal bioscience · 2023Article
- From Cancer Therapy to Winemaking: The Molecular Structure and Applications of β-Glucans and β-1, 3-Glucanases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Effects of SeleniumAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Effect of oat particle size on energy and nutrient utilization in growing pigs.Journal of animal science · 2021Article
- β-Glucan-Induced IL-10 Secretion by Monocytes Triggers Porcine NK Cell Cytotoxicity.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Article
- Digestible and metabolizable energy concentrations and amino acid digestibility of dried yeast and soybean meal for growing pigs.Journal of animal science · 2021Article
- Dietary supplementation of beta-glucan-rich molasses yeast powder on antibody response to swine fever virus and hematology of starter-grower pigs.Tropical animal health and production · 2020Article
- Development of Fish Immunity and the Role of β-Glucan in Immune Responses.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- β-Glucan-induced reprogramming of human macrophages inhibits NLRP3 inflammasome activation in cryopyrinopathies.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2020Article
- The Influence of β-1,3-1,6-Glucans on Rabies Vaccination Titers in Cats.Veterinary sciences · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
With increasing amounts of data showing significant immunostimulating effects of glucan, it is not surprising that attention is also focused on commercially farmed animals. Despite marked progress, development of more efficient uses of glucan in pig farming still needs substantial additional research.
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