Evaluating the impact of excess dietary tryptophan on laying performance and immune function of laying hens reared under hot and humid summer conditions

British Poultry Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 491-496

  Dong, X Y ^a   Azzam, M M M ^a,b   Rao, W ^a   Yu, D Y ^a   Zou, X T ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMIDITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84869454203     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2012.719149     Document Type: Article

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