Dietary l-arginine supplementation enhances intestinal development and expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in weanling piglets

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 703-709

  Yao, Kang ^a   Guan, Shu ^b   Li, Tiejun ^a   Huang, Ruilin ^a   Wu, Guoyao ^a,c,d   Ruan, Zheng ^e   Yin, Yulong ^a  

^a Institute of Subtropical Agriculture   (China)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arginine; Growth; Intestine; Pigs; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LYSINE; UREA; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUODENUM; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; ILEUM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE DEVELOPMENT; JEJUNUM; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; ORGANOGENESIS; PIGLET; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMALL INTESTINE; SOYBEAN; SWINE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOMIZATION;

SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOYBEANS; SWINE; UREA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79953145324     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451000365X     Document Type: Article

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