Effect of diet on plasma tryptophan and serotonin in trained mares and geldings

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 133-136

  Alberghina, D ^a,b,c   Giannetto, C ^a,b,c   Visser, E K ^a,b,c   Ellis, A D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SEROTONIN; STARCH; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; SEROTONIN; SEX FACTORS; STARCH; TRYPTOPHAN;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 76749160337     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c502     Document Type: Article

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