Feasibility of replacing antibiotic feed promoters with the Chinese traditional herbal medicine Bazhen in weaned piglets

Livestock Science

Volumn 107, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Lien, T F ^a   Horng, Y M ^a   Wu, C P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bazhen; Immune response; Piglets

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 33847139347     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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