Performance and diarrhoea in piglets following weaning at seven weeks of age: Challenge with E. coli O 149 and effect of dietary factors

Livestock Science

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 314-321

  Sorensen M T ^a   Vestergaard, E M ^a   Jensen, S K ^a   Lauridsen, C ^a   Hojsgaard S ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; E. coli inoculation; Feeding; Late weaning; Piglets

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 67349103855     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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