Effects of diets supplemented with organic acids and nucleotides on growth, immune responses and digestive tract development in weaned pigs

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 508-518

  Lee, D N ^b   Liu, S R ^b   Chen, Y T ^b   Wang, R C ^b   Lin, S Y ^c   Weng, C F ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ANIMAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE TAIWAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Digestive enzyme; Gut associated immune responses; Nucleotides; Organic acids; Weaned pigs

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NUCLEOTIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEYER PATCH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPLEEN; SWINE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PEYER'S PATCHES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPLEEN; SWINE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

SUIDAE;

EID: 35748934467     PISSN: 09312439     EISSN: 14390396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2007.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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