Effects of dietary fructooligosaccharide on selected bacterial populations in feces of dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 820-825

  Willard, Michael D ^a   Simpson, R Bruce ^b   Cohen, Noah D ^a   Clancy, Julianne S ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS;

FRUCTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; LACTOBACILLUS; LINEAR MODELS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0034218357     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.820     Document Type: Article

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