Dietary arginine: Metabolic, environmental, immunological and physiological interrelationships

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 751-766

  Khajali, F ^a   Wideman, R F ^b  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

arginine; immunity; poultry; pulmonary hypertension; requirements

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79952952729     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: 17434777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043933910000711     Document Type: Review

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