Dietary glutamine supplementation enhances weaned pigs mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1182-1187

  Lee, D N ^a   Weng, C F ^a,b   Cheng, Y H ^a   Kuo, T Y ^a   Wu, J F ^a,c   Yen, H T ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ANIMAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE TAIWAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Lymphocytes Proliferation; Weaned Pigs

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0043166911     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.1182     Document Type: Article

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