Effects of dietary glycyl-glutamine on growth performance, small intestinal integrity, and immune responses of weaning piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharide

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4050-4056

  Jiang, Z Y ^a   Sun, L H ^b   Lin, Y C ^a   Ma, X Y ^a   Zheng, C T ^a   Zhou, G L ^a   Chen, F ^a   Zou, S T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINE; DIPEPTIDE; GLYCYLGLUTAMINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIPEPTIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; SWINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 70450161309     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1120     Document Type: Article

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