Specific enumeration of the probiotic strain Enterococcus Faecium NCIMB 10415 in the intestinal tract and in faeces of piglets and sows

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 443-452

  Macha, M ^a   Taras, D ^a   Vahjen, W ^a   Arini, A ^b   Simon, O ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Cerbios Pharma SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA hybridisation; Enterococcus faecium; Enumeration; Pigs; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SWINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA PROBES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; PROBIOTICS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 12344328796     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039420400020058     Document Type: Article

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