Oral administration of Lactobacillus plantarum Lq80 and Megasphaera elsdenii iNP-001 induces efficient recovery from mucosal atrophy in the small and the large intestines of weaning piglets

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 709-715

  Yoshida, Yoko ^a   Tsukahara, Takamitsu ^a   Ushida, Kazunari ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonic crypt depth; Intestinal villous height; Lactobacillus plantarum; Megasphaera elsdenii; Piglets

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LARGE INTESTINE; MEGASPHAERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BUTYRATES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MEGASPHAERA; PROBIOTICS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MEGASPHAERA ELSDENII;

EID: 71949100914     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2009.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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