Effect of dietary supplementation with glutamine and a combination of glutamine-arginine on intestinal health in twenty-five-day-old weaned rabbits

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 170-180

  Chamorro, S ^a   de Blas, C ^a   Grant, G ^b   Badiola, I ^c   Menoyo, D ^a   Carabano R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arginine; Glutamine; Intestinal microbiota; Mucosal integrity; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTESTINE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DIET; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; INTESTINES; MALE; RABBITS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; EIMERIA; HELICOBACTER; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 72649090807     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1698     Document Type: Article

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