The effects of supplementing varying molecular weights of chitooligosaccharide on performance, selected microbial populations and nutrient digestibility in the weaned pig

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 571-579

  Walsh, A M ^a   Sweeney, T ^a   Bahar, B ^a   Flynn, B ^a   O'Doherty, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

chitooligosaccharide; digestibility; microbiota; performance; pig

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CHITOSAN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUS SCROFA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 84876908605     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112001759     Document Type: Article

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