Influence of diet on the experimental infection of pigs with Brachyspira pilosicoli

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 264-267

  Lindecrona, R H ^a,b   Jensen, T K ^a   Moller K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RICE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE DISEASE; WHEAT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SUS SCROFA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1542345036     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.154.9.264     Document Type: Article

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