Effects of dietary supplementation of probiotic Enterococcus faecium on growth performance and gut microbiota in weaned piglets

Abstract The adverse effects of antibiotics have attracted widespread attention, thus reducing the use of antibiotics in animal feed has become a very important issue in improving of the health of livestock. The effects of Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) on growth performance and gut microbiota in...

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Main Authors: Chengjun Hu, Weigang Xing, Xiaohua Liu, Xiuzhu Zhang, Ke Li, Jia Liu, Baichuan Deng, Jinping Deng, Yong Li, Chengquan Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-03-01
Series:AMB Express
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13568-019-0755-z