Evaluation of Houttuynia cordata and Taraxacum officinale on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood characteristics, and fecal microbial shedding in diet for weaning pigs

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1439-1444

  Yan, L ^a   Zhang, Z F ^a   Park, J C ^b   Kim, I H ^a  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Fecal microbes; Growth; Houttuynia cordata; Taraxacum officinale; Weaning pigs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867497552     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: 19765517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12215     Document Type: Article

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