Studies on the Intestinal Microflora of Chicken under Tropical Condition

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 495-504

  Jin, L Z ^a   Ho, Y W ^a   Abdullah, N ^a   Kudo, H ^a,b   Jalaludin, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chicken; Intestine; Lactobacillus; Media

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031314998     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1997.495     Document Type: Article

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