Microbial activity in the gut of piglets: effect of prebiotic and probiotic supplementation

Four groups of six 21 days-old piglets were used to evaluate the effect of a prebiotic or probiotic on the intestinal fermentative activity. In each group, piglets received one of the following diets: basal diet (C); basal diet supplemented with xylooligosaccharide (C-XOS); basal diet supplemented w...

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Main Author: Lordelo, M.M. (author)
Other Authors: Marinho, M.C. (author), Cunha, L.F. (author), Freire, J.P.B. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/1280
Country:Portugal
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