Effect of weaning on small intestinal structure and function in the piglet

Archives of Animal Nutrition/Archiv fur Tierernahrung

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 275-286

  Gu, Xianhong ^a,b   Li, Defa ^a   She, Ruiping ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; Immunology; Piglet; Villus morphology; Weaning age

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; NAPHTHOL AS D ESTERASE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GOBLET CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIGESTION; GLYCOGEN; GOBLET CELLS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROVILLI; NAPHTHOL AS D ESTERASE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 0036673381     PISSN: 0003942X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039420214345     Document Type: Article

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