Changes in caecal microbiota and mucosal morphology of weaned pigs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 239-247

  Castillo, Marisol ^a   Martín Orúe, Susana M ^a   Nofrarías, Miquel ^a   Manzanilla, Edgar G ^a   Gasa, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caecal histology; Microbiota; Pig; Real time PCR; t RFLP; Weaning

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES; CECUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; CECUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 34547940825     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.04.026     Document Type: Article

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