Dietary β-alanine enhances brain, but not muscle, carnosine and anserine concentrations in broilers

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-86

  Tomonaga, Shozo ^a   Kaneko, Kunio ^b   Kaji, Yuji ^c   Kido, Yasuhiro ^d   Denbow, Donald Michael ^e   Furuse, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Prefectural Yame Agricultural High School   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alanine; Brain; Broiler; Carnosine; Muscle

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33644969153     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2006.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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