The porcine and avian intestinal immune system and its nutritional modulation

Nutrition and health of the gastrointestinal tract

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 97-134

  Goddeeris, B M ^a,b   Boersma, W J A ^c   Cox, E ^a   Van der Stede, Y ^a   Koenen, M E ^c   Vancaeneghem, S ^a   Mast, J ^d   Van den Broeck, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

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