Effect of therapeutic doses of antibiotics in the diet on the digestibility and caecal fermentation in growing rabbits

Animal Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-314

  Abecia, Leticia ^a   Balcells, Joaquim ^a   Fondevila, Manuel ^a   Belenguer, Álvaro ^a   Calleja, Lucía ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Caecum; Purine derivatives; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 24944516110     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2005020     Document Type: Article

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