Effect of thyme oil on small intestine integrity and antioxidant status, phagocytic activity and gastrointestinal microbiota in rabbits

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-208

  Placha, Iveta ^a   Chrastinova, Lubica ^b   Laukova, Andrea ^a   Cobanova, Klaudia ^a   Takacova, Jana ^a   Strompfova, Viola ^a   Chrenkova, Maria ^b   Formelova, Zuzana ^b   Faix, Stefan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Animal Production Research Centre Nitra   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

antioxidative status; gastrointestinal microbiota; phagocytic activity; thyme oil; Transepithelial electrical resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; INTESTINE FLORA; RABBIT; SMALL INTESTINE; THYMUS (PLANT);

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INTESTINE, SMALL; RABBITS; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 84877707776     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.2013.012     Document Type: Article

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