Lactulose and Lactobacillus plantarum, a potential complementary synbiotic to control postweaning colibacillosis in piglets

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4879-4886

  Guerra Ordaz, A A ^a   Gonzalez Ortiz G ^a   La Ragione, R M ^b,c   Woodward, M J ^d   Collins, J W ^b,e   Perez J F ^a   Martin Orue S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUTRITION;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; L. PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTIC STRAIN; PROBIOTICS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

MAMMALS;

LACTULOSE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; COLON; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING;

ANIMALS; COLON; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTULOSE; MALE; PROBIOTICS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SYNBIOTICS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WEANING;

EID: 84904906531     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00770-14     Document Type: Article

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