Evaluation of Lactobacillus pentosus WE7 for prevention of diarrhea in neonatal foals

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2031-2034

  Weese, J Scott ^a   Rousseau, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; COLIC; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; HORSE DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PENTOSUS WE7; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIARRHEA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LACTOBACILLUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBIOTICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PENTOSUS;

EID: 20444459564     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.2031     Document Type: Article

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