Effects of yeast culture supplementation on growth performance, intestinal health, and immune response of nursery pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2614-2624

  Shen, Y B ^a   Piao, X S ^a   Kim, S W ^b   Wang, L ^a   Liu, P ^a   Yoon, I ^c   Zhen, Y G ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Diamond V Mills ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Growth performance; Immunity; Microflora; Morphology; Yeast culture

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 68849109124     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1512     Document Type: Article

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