Changes

**'''Digestibility'''; this decreases with abomasal infection so there is a compensatory increase in intestinal digestion

**'''Digestibility'''; this decreases with abomasal infection so there is a compensatory increase in intestinal digestion

**'''Gut microflora'''; abosomal infection causes a change in flora and increase in numbers

**'''Gut microflora'''; abosomal infection causes a change in flora and increase in numbers

**'''Gut hormones'''; abosomal infection causes an increase in gastric pH and therefore an increase in gastrin secretion. This possible causes a decrease in appetite

**'''Gut hormones'''; abosomal infection causes an increase in gastric pH and therefore an increase in gastrin secretion. This is possibly the main cause of the decreased appetite

**'''Malabsorption of nutrients'''; intestinal infection causes villous atrophy and therefore affects amino acids, fat and mineral absorption

**'''Malabsorption of nutrients'''; intestinal infection causes villous atrophy and therefore affects amino acids, fat and mineral absorption

*''Protein metabolism''

*''Protein metabolism''