Effect of Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus subtilis supplementation of ewe's feed on sheep milk production and young lamb mortality

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 170-173

  Kritas, S K ^a   Govaris, A ^a,b   Christodoulopoulos, G ^a,b   Burriel, A R ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SECRETION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SUCKLING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRYING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PREGNANCY; PROBIOTICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33645990613     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2006.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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