Dietary bacteriophages as an alternative for zinc oxide or organic acids to control diarrhoea and improve the performance of weanling piglets

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 53-61

  Hosseindoust, A R ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Kim, J S ^b   Choi, Y H ^a   Noh, H S ^a   Lee, J H ^c   Jha, P K ^a   Kwon, I K ^a   Chae, B J ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Southern Research and Outreach Center   (United States)

^c CTC Bio Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clostridium; Coliforms; Faecal score; Growth performance; Intestinal morphology; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013498263     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/7/2016-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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