Effects of dietary probiotic on growth performance, nutrients digestibility, blood characteristics and fecal noxious gas content in growing pigs

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1464-1468

  Chen, Y J ^a   Son, K S ^a   Min, B J ^a   Cho, J H ^a   Kwon, O S ^a   Kim, I H ^a  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood Constituents; Digestibility; Fecal Noxious Gas; Growing Pigs; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; SACCHAROMYCES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 26844547490     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.1464     Document Type: Article

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