Microbial teamwork pays off

01-04-2004 | Feed additives | Article

If you feed probiotic bacteria continuously, clearly there is no need to feed it as well. However, when a specific strain of enterococcus is fed with a pre-biotic specially chosen to feed the indigenous microflora- the result is a truly synergistic effect for claves and piglets.

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