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Established strategies for mitigating these negative issues are currently lacking. Methods: We evaluated biomolecular alterations induced by weaning stress through gene expression profiling and metabolome analysis using intestinal samples collected from piglets before weaning, 1 week after weaning, and 2 weeks after weaning. Results: We identified 701 differentially expressed genes related to weaning stress, representing the enrichment of Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways associated with immune response; inflammatory response; cell proliferation; cell adhesion; and carbohydrate, lipid, and calcium ion binding. In the metabolome analysis, ABC transporter; purine, pyrimidine, and Gly-Ser-Thr metabolisms; and the urea cycle were clustered as enriched KEGG pathways. Our results suggest that energy metabolism, including protein metabolism, is involved in the repair of the structural damage occurring in the intestine during weaning. 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