Effects of dietary taurine supplementation on growth performance and immune status in growing Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1394-1398

  Wang, F R ^a,b   Dong, X F ^b   Tong, J M ^a,b   Zhang, X M ^a   Zhang, Q ^b   Wu, Y Y ^b  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition   (China)

Author keywords

Immune; Performance; Quail; Taurine

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; GLYCINE MAX; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; PHASIANIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

ANTIBODY; HEMAGGLUTININ; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; COTURNIX; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTININS; LIVER; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TAURINE;

EID: 70149117929     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00022     Document Type: Article

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