Influence of glutamine supplementation on performance and intestinal villous and crypt development in broiler chickens;Influência da suplementação de glutamina sobre o desempenho e o desenvolvimento de vilos e criptas do intestine delgado de frangos

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 487-490

  Maiorka, A ^b   Silva, A V F ^b   Santin, E ^b   Borges, S A ^b   Boleli, I C ^a   Macari, M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Broiler; Glutamine; Mucosae development; Small intestine; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034558002     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352000000500014     Document Type: Article

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