Long-term effects of early-life dietary L-carnitine on lymphoid organs and immune responses in Leghorn-type chickens

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 81-86

  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

CARNITINE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BURSA FABRICII; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKEN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPLEEN; THYMUS; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CARNITINE; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33645364678     PISSN: 09312439     EISSN: 14390396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2005.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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