Effects of dietary combinations of organic acids and medium chain fatty acids on the gastrointestinal microbial ecology and bacterial metabolites in the digestive tract of weaning piglets

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3200-3210

  Zentek, J ^a   Ferrara, F ^a   Pieper, R ^a   Tedin, L ^a   Meyer, W ^b   Vahjen, W ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial metabolites; Digestive tract; Fumaric acid; Lactic acid; Medium chain fatty acids; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879382077     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5673     Document Type: Article

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