Effects of water and diet acidification with and without antibiotics on weanling pig growth and microbial shedding

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1799-1808

  Walsh, M C ^a   Sholly, D M ^a   Hinson, R B ^a   Saddoris, K L ^a   Sutton, A L ^a   Radcliffe, J S ^a   Odgaard, R ^b,c   Murphy, J ^b   Richert, B T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kemin Industries Inc   (United States)

^c Pharmtech International   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid; Carbadox; Escherichia coli; Tiamulin; Weanling pig

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBADOX; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRINKING; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBADOX; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34547296444     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-049     Document Type: Article

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