Characterization of the microbial community and its changes in liquid piglet feed formulations

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1315-1318

  Plumed Ferrer, Carme ^a   Llopis, Marta ^b   Hyvönen, Paula ^a   Von Wright, Atte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feed microbiology; Feed quality; Fermentation; Liquid feed; Piglet

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 4043173440     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1818     Document Type: Article

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