Role of the large intestine in the pathogenesis of diarrhea in weaned pigs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 696-703

  Van Beers Schreurs, Hetty M G ^a   Nabuurs, M J A ^b   Vellenga, L ^a   Wensing, Th ^a   Breukink, H J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LARGE INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, LARGE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING;

EID: 0032091036     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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