Investigations on the effects of dietary essential oils and different husbandry conditions on the gut ecology in piglets after weaning

International Journal of Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Janczyk, P ^a,b   Pieper, R ^a,b   Urubschurov, V ^a   Wendler, K R ^c   Souffrant, W B ^a  

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

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Delacon Biotechnik GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 80052489915     PISSN: 1687918X     EISSN: 16879198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/730809     Document Type: Article

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