Changes in faecal bacteria associated with concentrate and forage-only diets fed to horses in training

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 908-914

  Willing, B ^a   Voros A ^b   Roos, S ^a   Jones, C ^a   Jansson, A ^b   Lindberg, J E ^b  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*  (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fragment length; Haylage; Horse; Lactobacillus ruminis; Oats; Polymorphism; Starch; Streptococcus equinus; Terminal restriction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; FECES; GENETICS; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; FECES; HORSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 77951928531     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516409X447806     Document Type: Article

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