Study of the effect of Lactobacillus paracasei and fructooligosaccharides on the faecal microflora in weanling piglets

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 112, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 225-228

  Nemcova R ^a   Bomba, A ^a   Gancarcikova S ^a   Herich, R ^a   Guba, P ^a  

^a Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine Slovakia   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Faecal microflora; Fructooligosaccharides; Lactobacillus paracasei; Weanling piglets

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; LACTOBACILLUS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SWINE;

EID: 0033141458     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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