Growth performance, digestibility, gut environment and health status in weaned piglets fed a diet supplemented with potentially probiotic complexes of lactic acid bacteria

Livestock Science

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 95-103

  Giang, Hoang Huong ^a   Viet, Tran Quoc ^b   Ogle, Brian ^c   Lindberg, Jan Erik ^c  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development   (Viet Nam)

^b National Institute of Animal Husbandry Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Growth performance; Gut environment; Lactic acid bacteria; Piglets; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PEDIOCOCCUS; PEDIOCOCCUS PENTOSACEUS;

EID: 77949273873     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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