Carotenoid-enriched transgenic corn delivers bioavailable carotenoids to poultry and protects them against coccidiosis

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 160-168

  Nogareda, Carmina ^a   Moreno, Jose A ^a   Angulo, Eduardo ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^b   Portero, Manuel ^a   Capell, Teresa ^a   Zhu, Changfu ^a   Christou, Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eimeria tenella; Antioxidants; Bioavailability; Carotenoids; Genetic engineering; Poultry

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; RETINOL;

ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPLICATION; DERMATITIS; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; EIMERIA; FECES; LIVER; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POULTRY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULCER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CAROTENOIDS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DERMATITIS; DIET; EIMERIA; FECES; LIVER; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POULTRY; ULCER; VITAMIN A; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84955198302     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12369     Document Type: Article

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