Long-term effects of early life L-arginine supplementation on growth performance, lymphoid organs and immune responses in Leghorn-type chickens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 318-324

  Deng, K ^a,b   Wong, C W ^a   Nolan, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b JISHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ARGININE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ARGININE; CHICKENS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES; BOVINAE; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 21044440505     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500127449     Document Type: Article

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