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**'''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
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**'''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''
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