Dietary betaine accumulates in the liver and intestinal tissue and stabilizes the intestinal epithelial structure in healthy and coccidia-infected broiler chicks

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 759-769

  Kettunen, H ^a   Tiihonen, K ^a   Peuranen, S ^a   Saarinen, M T ^a   Remus, J C ^b  

^a Danisco Finland Oy   (Finland)

^b Finnfeeds   (United States)

Author keywords

Betaine; Broiler chick; Crypt villus ratio; Digesta; Homocysteine; Intestinal epithelium; Liver; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; OSMOTIC AGENT; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INTESTINE; JEJUNUM MUCOSA; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PLASMA;

EID: 0034752223     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00410-X     Document Type: Article

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