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| Rubin,LL; Ribeiro,AML; Canal,CW; Silva,IC; Trevizan,L; Vogt,LK; Pereira,RA; Lacerda,L. |
| Several changes in amino acid levels occur during an infection. As a rule, glycine, taurine and serine levels diminish considerably, while cysteine levels increase. Such changes may be attributed to the intense consumption of sulfur amino acids (SAA- methionine+cysteine) during infectious challenge. Methionine plays an important role in humoral and cellular immune responses. It has been suggested that such effect is exerted by intracellular glutathione and cysteine levels. Four-hundred thirty-two day-old Ross male broiler chickens were fed (from 1 to 42 days of age) three SAA levels in the diet (0.72, 0.82, and 0.92% from 1 to 21 days of age; 0.65, 0.75, and 0.85% from 22 to 42 days of age) and submitted to two immunological stimulus series. Vaccines... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Immune system; Immunological stimulus; Methionine; Performance; Poultry. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2007000100008 |
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