Surface area of the tip of the enterocytes in small intestine mucosa of broilers submitted to early feed restriction and supplemented with glutamine

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-35

  Fischer Da Silva, A V ^a   Maiorka, A ^a   Borges, S A ^b   Santin, E ^a   Boleli, I C ^c   Macari, M ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TUIUTI DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Feed restriction; Glutamine; Intestinal mucosa; Microvilli amplification factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947710817     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2007.31.35     Document Type: Article

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