Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum on intestinal microbial community composition and response to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli challenge in weaning piglets

Livestock Science

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 98-100

  Pieper, Robert ^a,b,c   Janczyk, Pawel ^a,c   Urubschurov, Vladimir ^a   Hou, Zhenping ^a   Korn, Ulrich ^d   Pieper, Bernd ^d   Souffrant, Wolfgang Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Dr Pieper Technology and Product Development GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DGGE; Escherichia coli; Gastrointestinal microbiota; Lactobacillus plantarum; Weaning piglets

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 77957148018     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.06.034     Document Type: Article

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