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Factors affecting ascorbic acid (AsA) biosynthesis in chickens. II. Effect of dietary AsA and strain of chicken.
Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition - 1 Oct 2002
Hooper C L, Maurice D V, Lightsey S F, Toler J E
Abstract excerpt
The present study examined the effect of supplemental ascorbic acid (AsA) and ascertained if genotype is a determinant of biosynthesis and the response of strains to dietary AsA. Slow- (Ottawa Meat Control; OMC) and fast-growing (Peterson Enhanced x Hubbard; PEH) chicks were fed 1000 mg/kg AsA from 1 to 10 weeks of age. The activity of l-gulonolactone oxidase (GLO) was used to measure biosynthesis and estimated...
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