Dietary supplementation with l-arginine between days 14 and 25 of gestation enhances embryonic development and survival in gilts

Amino Acids

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 375-384

  Li, Xilong ^a   Bazer, Fuller W ^a   Johnson, Gregory A ^b   Burghardt, Robert C ^b   Frank, James W ^b   Dai, Zhaolai ^a,c   Wang, Junjun ^a,c   Wu, Zhenlong ^c   Shinzato, Izuru ^d   Wu, Guoyao ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Conceptus; Gestation; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIS; AMINO ACIDS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SUS SCROFA; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84895901260     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1626-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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