Sodium butyrate improves growth performance of weaned piglets during the first period after weaning

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-41

  Piva, Andrea ^a,d   Morlacchini, Mauro ^b   Casadei, Gabriele ^c   Gatta, Pier Paolo ^a   Biagi, Giacomo ^a   Prandini, Aldo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CERZOO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d DIMORFIPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Butyric acid; Intestinal mucosa; Nutrition; Swine; Weaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449086356     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2002.35     Document Type: Article

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