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The effect of medicated diets and level of feeding on caecal microbiota of lactating rabbit does.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Oct 2007
Abecia L, Fondevila M, Balcells J, Lobley G E, McEwan N R
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AIMS: To study the effect of the type of antibiotic used in medicated diets against pathogens and the feeding level on the microbial biodiversity in the rabbit caecum. METHODS AND RESULTS: Three groups of eight does were given a diet unsupplemented (NAB) or with 100 ppm of bacitracin (BAC) or tiamulin (TIA). Litter sizes of four does in each group were adjusted to five (LS5) or to nine (LS9), to manipulate their...
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