Influence of dietary arginine concentration on lymphoid organ growth in chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1536-1541

  Kwak, H ^a   Austic, R E ^a   Dietert, R R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Chicken; Lymphoid organs; Plasma amino acid concentration

Indexed keywords

AVES; FABRICIUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

AMINO ACID; ARGININE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BURSA FABRICII; CHICKEN; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BODY WEIGHT; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033227665     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.11.1536     Document Type: Article

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