Growth performance, digestibility and faecal coliform bacteria in weaned piglets fed a cereal-based diet including either chicory (Cichorium intybus L) or ribwort (Plantago lanceolata L) forage
Twenty-five weaned 35-day-old piglets were used in a 35-day growth experiment to evaluate the effect of inclusion of chicory and ribwort forage in a cereal-based diet on growth performance, feed intake, digestibility and shedding of faecal coliform bacteria. A total of seven experimental diets were...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2011-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731110002193 |