Field Evaluation of a Bioregulator Containing Live Bacillus cereus Spores on Health Status and Performance of Sows and their Litters

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 137-145

  Alexopoulos, C ^a   Karagiannidis, A ^a   Kritas, S K ^b   Boscos, C ^a   Georgoulakis, I E ^b   Kyriakis, S C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH STATUS; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; PROBIOTICS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SWINE; WEANING;

EID: 0035317470     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2001.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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