Effect of dietary supplementation of probiotics on growth performance, nutrients digestibility and faecal microbiology in weaned piglets

Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 283-290

  Mishra, D K ^a   Verma, A K ^a   Agarwal, N ^a   Mondal, S K ^a   Singh, Putan ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Growth performance; Lactobacillus acidophilus; Nutrient utilization; Probiotics; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Weaned piglets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937826966     PISSN: 09722963     EISSN: 0974181X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5958/0974-181X.2014.01336.5     Document Type: Article

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