Effects of orally administered probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici on the small and large intestine of weaning piglets. A qualitative and quantitative micro-anatomical study

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 651-664

  Di Giancamillo, A ^a   Vitari, F ^a   Savoini, G ^a   Bontempo, V ^a   Bersani, C ^a   Dell'Orto, V ^a   Domeneghini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adherent mucous gel; GALT; Histometry; Lymphocyte subsets; Villi and crypts

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PEDIOCOCCUS ACIDILACTICI;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MUCIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CECUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PEDIOCOCCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CECUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENTEROCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MUCINS; PEDIOCOCCUS; PROBIOTICS; SWINE;

EID: 42149083953     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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