Plasma levels of arginine, ornithine, and urea and growth performance of broilers fed supplemental L-arginine during cool temperature exposure

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 358-369

  Ruiz Feria, C A ^a   Kidd, M T ^b   Wideman Jr , R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Ascites; Nitric oxide; Ornithine; Urea

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; ORNITHINE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD; CHICKEN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; MALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ASCITES; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; KIDNEY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORNITHINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UREA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0035292758     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.3.358     Document Type: Article

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