Dietary l-arginine supplementation enhances porcine Β-defensins gene expression in some tissues of weaned pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Mao, Xiangbing ^a   Qi, Sharina ^a   Yu, Bing ^a   Huang, Zhiqing ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Mao, Qian ^a   Han, Guoquan ^a   Chen, Daiwen ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene expression; L arginine; Porcine defensins; Weaned pigs

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84863783930     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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