Fecal numbers of bifidobacteria are higher in pigs fed Bifidobacterium longum with a high amylose cornstarch than with a low amylose cornstarch

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1822-1827

  Brown, Ian ^a,b   Warhurst, Michelle ^a   Arcot, Jayashree ^a,c   Playne, Martin ^a   Illman, Richard J ^a   Topping, David L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Starch Australasia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pigs; Prebiotics; Probiotics; Starch; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMYLOSE; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; STARCH; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXCRETION; FECES; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; LACTOBACILLUS; SUS SCROFA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030984072     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.9.1822     Document Type: Article

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