Modulation of the intestinal environment, innate immune response, and barrier function by dietary threonine and purified fiber during a coccidiosis challenge in broiler chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 735-745

  Wils Plotz, E L ^a   Jenkins, M C ^b   Dilger, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick; Cytokine; Eimeria maxima; Pectin; Short chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874404009     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02755     Document Type: Article

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