Dietary level of fibre and age at weaning affect the proliferation of Clostridium perfringens in the caecum, the incidence of Epizootic Rabbit Enteropathy and the performance of fattening rabbits

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 131-140

  Romero, C ^a   Nicodemus, N ^a   Garcia Rebollar P ^a   Garcia Ruiz A I ^b   Ibanez M A ^a   De Blas, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Nutreco Poultry and Rabbit Research Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caecum microbiota; Epizootic Rabbit Enteropathy; Fattening mortality; NDF level; Rabbits; Weaning age

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 68249109438     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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