Adverse effects of soluble non-starch polysaccharide (guar gum) on piglet growth and experimental colibacillosis immediately after weaning

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-250

  McDonald, D E ^a   Pethick, D W ^a   Pluske, J R ^a   Hampson, D J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTAN; GUAR GUM; MANNAN; PLANT GUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DIETARY FIBER; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIETARY FIBER; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GALACTANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINES; MANNANS; PLANT GUMS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING;

EID: 0033254057     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rvsc.1999.0315     Document Type: Article

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