A comparison of the effects of dietary spray-dried bovine colostrum and animal plasma on growth and intestinal histology in weaner pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 167-173

  King, M R ^a   Morel, P C H ^b   Pluske, J R ^c   Hendriks, W H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colostrum; Immunity; Intestinal histology; Nutrition; Piglets; Plasma; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 56249123606     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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