A nutritional approach for the prevention of Post Weaning Syndrome in piglets

Animal Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-236

  Dirkzwager, Annemarie ^a,b   Veldman, Bert ^a   Bikker, Paul ^a  

^a Schothorst Feed Research BV   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Gut development; Nutrition; Piglets; Post weaning

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 24944591059     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2005013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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