Dietary supplementation with 0.8% L-arginine between days 0 and 25 of gestation reduces litter size in gilts

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1111-1116

  Li, Xilong ^a   Bazer, Fuller W ^a   Johnson, Gregory A ^b   Burghardt, Robert C ^b   Erikson, David W ^b   Frank, James W ^b   Spencer, Thomas E ^a   Shinzato, Izuru ^c   Wu, Guoyao ^a  

^a Department of Animal Science ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MORTALITY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; FETUS WEIGHT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GILT (SWINE); HYSTERECTOMY; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL PLASMA; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOYBEAN; SURVIVAL; UTERUS; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SWINE;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952652410     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.121350     Document Type: Article

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