Heat stress alters muscle protein and amino acid metabolism and accelerates liver gluconeogenesis for energy supply in broilers

Heat stress impairs growth performance and alters body protein and amino acid metabolism. This study was investigated to explore how body protein and amino acid metabolism changed under heat stress (HS) and the stress adaptation mechanism. A total of 144 broilers (28 d old) were divided into 3 treat...

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Main Authors: Bingbing Ma, Lin Zhang, Jiaolong Li, Tong Xing, Yun Jiang, Feng Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120307513