Effects of dietary phenylalanine on growth, digestive and brush border enzyme activities and antioxidant capacity in the hepatopancreas and intestine of young grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Aquaculture Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 913-925

  Li, W ^a   Feng, L ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Jiang, W D ^a   Kuang, S Y ^b   Jiang, J ^a   Li, S H ^a   Tang, L ^b   Zhou, X Q ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Animal Nutrition Institute Sichuan Academy of Animal Science   (China)

Author keywords

Ctenopharyngodon idella; Absorption; Antioxidant capacity; Digestion; Growth; Phenylalanine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945496610     PISSN: 13535773     EISSN: 13652095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anu.12223     Document Type: Article

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