Dietary L-theanine alleviated lipopolysaccharide-induced immunological stress in yellow-feathered broilers

L-theanine, a natural nonprotein amino acid with a high biological activity, is reported to exert anti-stress properties. An experiment with a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary L-theanine on growth performance and immune function in lipopolysaccharide (L...

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Main Authors: Rui Li, Zehe Song, Jianfei Zhao, Dongxiao Huo, Zhiyong Fan, De-Xing Hou, Xi He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-09-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654518300787