Morphology of the small intestine of weaned piglets and a novel method for morphometric evaluation

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-109

  Wiese, F ^a   Simon, O ^a   Weyrauch, K D ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREAL; CRYPT CELL; DUODENUM; EPITHELIUM; FOOD INTAKE; ILEUM; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE; WEANING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; CEREALS; DUODENUM; ILEUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; JEJUNUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SWINE; WEANING;

EID: 0037996291     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.2003.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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